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Giving up and small desires

I often go to conveyor belt sushi to eat rice.
For the most part, I go there about 1 day a week.
This is a question in response to what I noticed there.

Almost every time at conveyor belt sushi, my stomach feels empty after eating 22 plates (44 pieces) and 1 cup of blue miso soup.
Today I came home feeling hungry with 18 plates (36 pieces) and 1 cup of blue miso soup.

People who usually eat 30 dishes (60 pieces) and 2 cups of blue miso soup here
“Don't give up (don't give up) after eating that much. Aim for more records”
Let's say they say that.

If you are satisfied within yourself and don't feel like aiming higher, it's not considered “giving up (abandoning).”
Also, in the voice of my heart,
“I usually eat more, so don't give up (don't give up) and take my usual records with me”
Even so, my stomach is full now, so I don't think I'm treating it as “giving up (abandoning)” after all.

On the contrary, when you're full and your stomach is painful, you've eaten too much and haven't given up (clearly not watching = bad opinion), so I'll carefully observe my mind from next time, eat less than this time, and check if it's enough without suffering, and if it's too much, it seems like the next one will decrease.
However, the imitation of eating only a clearly small number of plates (2 slices per plate or 1 cup of blue miso soup) and going home isn't enough, so I'm thinking of stopping it.

Sorry for the long introduction.
Here's the question.

1. Whether you're a monk or a housekeeper, I think the standard for petty contentment as a result of clearly seeing (giving up) differs from person to person. So I can tell you how to do it, but I think the answers vary from person to person.

2. “Notice” in buddism is not just about special places or times; if you roll around anytime, anywhere and observe carefully on a regular basis, isn't it an “act” that anyone can do?

3. Why do you suffer from eating too much until it becomes painful, even though you know it even before you eat it every time; is that because you assume that you must (must) eat both this and that, in other words, do the opposite of what you think?

Finally, even so, what I don't stop every time is that even if it's painful now, the suffering will subside over time (various actions are impermanent). On the contrary, there are places where it makes you feel that you are alive, which makes you feel expensive.

Please give me some advice.

4 Zen Responses

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I think you're right about the introduction to questions 1 through 3.
I think the last one is slightly different.
Eating too much is the cause of illness and shortens life expectancy. You probably don't know about this. In other words, I think it's because I don't know (ignorance).

There is a story like this in the Agumi Sutra.
At one point, the king, whose stomach was full, came to see the Buddha. The Buddha saw the king and told him to stop eating to his heart's content.
The king made his servant who was on his side remember that teaching, and told them to recite the Buddha's teachings every time they ate. Then the king gradually decreased the amount he ate. At one point, the king saw his own body and noticed it. Before I knew it, my body was toned, and I was healthy without illness. The king was convinced once again that the Buddha's teachings were correct.

The Buddha specifically tells us not to eat our stomachs full.

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There was something about Bonten in my thank-you comments to other monks, so please let me write a little bit about it.
I like the Akon Sutras, and Bonten and Mana often appear in them. I think this is probably replacing the Buddha's inner conscience with Bonten and nausea with demons. The sutras show how Buddha often asks questions and answers with Bonten and Maga. I'm sure it's because the Buddha is listening to the guidance of his own conscience in his heart and repelling his own disgust. So I think the reason I was asked by Bonten to start proselytizing was because the Buddha's conscience and compassion were at the root of that.

Is it buddism or fattism? 

1. True lack of desire and contentment does not mean reducing greed or knowing enough,
Desire... When the five senses perceive something, they don't add anything other than that. Since we are not widely pursuing anything other than what is there, treat it as if it were lackluster and without asking for anything broadly.
Contentment... the natural nature of the self is limited to the perception and reception of things, and it is received on a limited basis without being mixed in with anything else. Since it is a limited perception where no other things or thoughts have occurred at all, stay as is.
*See “Shohōganzō Hachidaisho.”
In other words, if you compare it to conveyor belt sushi (compare it), when you eat shrimp, squid hasn't appeared in your sense of taste yet, and when you eat octopus, tuna doesn't occur on top of this meat. I am completely satisfied with the octopus called shrimp. The moment something touches your mind and body, you only taste what you touch.
Instantaneous instantaneous taste as a “member” only appears above oneself. At that moment, perception, thought, and nothing else is being pursued; it is limited and absolute. The fact that no afterthoughts have arisen seems to have fulfilled a small amount of desire. When it's squid, it's just squid. Even if the octopus passes right in front of you while eating the squid, there is no octopus flavor in the mouth. It's a manifestation of another self called a “squid.”
So there is absolutely no difference in standards from person to person.
The DNA of the living “salmon roe,” called one grain of salmon roe eaten, is limited to only one grain per person in the entire universe without entering other people's mouths, and when eating that salmon roe, skipjack tuna, wakame seaweed, and cod have not developed as a taste yet. The way things are perceived is limited, and there are no surprises or regrets.
2 The real “awareness” is not the action of do, but be.
Meditation instructions that include DO's “awareness” are out. This is because it becomes luggage because there are reasons, things to do, and things to do.
The real feeling is that no matter what the flowing sushi plate is flowing, it is being relieved as it flows.
If it's salmon roe, octopus, and shrimp, what is handled separately is secondary sorting.
Awareness is the first feeling that remains senseless. Observation without analysis.
It's something you can't pick up even if it shows up in your senses.
Don't touch the flowing plate and don't pick it up.
More than perception and less than recognition is the true meaning of “awareness.”
If it's 3.4 fatigism, you just eat it without thinking about it. They probably simply love eating.
Buddism is not eating with information. Or even if you get fat, don't even make that a problem.

Desire to satisfy a sense of satiety, desire to satisfy the sense of taste

 In addition to the desire I wrote in the title, I think there is a desire called a “sense of accomplishment.” The system of piling up plates that have been eaten stimulates the customer's sense of accomplishment, and I think it's a kind of sales strategy. So, what comes to mind is Iwate's “dog soba.”
There is a way to eat soba in Iwate prefecture called “doggy soba.” The clerk puts a small amount of soba in a small bowl into the bowl, and when you eat it, the clerk puts it next, and the next you eat is added. Small bowls are piled up in front of you, and the height of the 20, 30, 50, and 100 cups varies from person to person. Humans are fearless, and even when they are full, they feel a sense of accomplishment in piling up even more bowls. “Last time it was 65, but this time it was 70.” It makes me dance to a sense of accomplishment that doesn't matter. I think the reason why you eat too much conveyor belt sushi is due to sales strategies.


Finally, even so, what I don't stop every time is that even if it's painful now, the suffering will subside over time (various actions are impermanent). On the contrary, there are places where it makes you feel that you are alive, which makes you feel expensive.

I think I'm mistaken about this point. By stacking plates, “I ate this much.” “I ate only this variety.” I think I'm getting that sense of accomplishment. Well, I also get carried away by gourmet articles and food logs, and sometimes walk around restaurants called famous soba and ramen shops. I can't talk too much about others. As explained in “Five Views of the Five Views,” “Measure some of his exploits for one thing, and measure where he came from. I thought that I was completely lacking in virtue and didn't respond to the two. Three things are preventing the mind, and turning away from the past makes greed, etc., a sect. If you think of four things as good medicine, it's a waste of time to heal degeneration. Five of them are taking this meal now because it is for the sake of Seido.” Even if I can't execute it perfectly, I would like to have a meal with some understanding of what it means.

I don't think “enjoying eating” is a bad thing at all. Once in a while, I think it's okay to “enjoy eating,” even if they are tempted by sales strategies. But keep everything in moderation.

 

The essence of greed is suffering postscript

Babies cry when boobs come close to the mouth of a baby who has just been born.
It's supposed to be a happy scene because I can drink boobs, but it makes me cry.
This is probably because the essence of the stimulation of the desire to “drink” is “suffering.”
Greed is an affliction involving pleasure and pleasure.
So, when you eat sushi, you probably feel that it's delicious.
However, I want to grab sushi with chopsticks, I want to put it in my mouth, I want to chew it again, I want to chew it, I want to chew it, I want to drink it, it looks like I've swallowed it,
I want to eat one more,
In fact, each and every one of these desires is suffering.
So, less suffering is better, and less desire is better.

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When babies are full, the pain of “wanting to drink” does not occur even when their boobs get close, so they probably ignore their boobs and sleep.
If you're satisfied with eating sushi, you won't eat sushi.
The reason we have the pain of “wanting to eat” is because we are still not satisfied or dissatisfied.
If you don't eat it, you'll die, right? You still don't want to die, so you have to eat it, right? You might think that.
The reason we have the desire to “live” and the pain of “wanting to live” is because we are still not satisfied with living.
Once you're truly satisfied with living, you don't need to live. I'm graduating from the world of living people, the Rikudo Reincarnation. This is called “attaining Buddhism” in Japanese. In Buddhist terms, it is called entering or dying out of superfluous nirvana.
When he became enlightened, the Buddha was satisfied with living, so he didn't feel the need to live any longer. However, I was asked by Brahma to live for people. Since there were no worries, there was probably no need to refuse Bonten's request.