Excerpts from Liu Rulai's lecture on pharmacists' merits and demerits.

In the first aspect, human metabolism accelerates at four in the morning and reaches a peak at four in the afternoon. After that, the metabolism will be slower. If you eat at night and refuel at night, it will become waste and fat.

Secondly, if we eat food in our stomachs, blood will concentrate on the digestive system, so the heart, brain, kidney, lungs and muscles will be ischemic, especially the heart. People with myocardial infarction should not eat too much. If they eat too much, they will die suddenly. More than 50% of their hearts suddenly stopped beating or died suddenly because they ate too much.

Third, following the precepts of Baguanting can give the stomach and intestines a rest.

Fourth, when we are hungry, the phagocytes in our bodies are the most active. We have a good cell in our body, and she can swallow those necrotic tissues. If she is a little hungry, her vitality will be stronger.

Fifth, when you are a little hungry, the liver, pancreas, stomach and intestine can easily secrete digestive juice.

Sixth, when children are developing physically, if they eat too much, they may grow fat, only long and short, not tall, fat and short. It's all because his parents let him eat too much. Because children want to grow up, they have to rely on the pituitary gland to secrete auxin. If you are full, the pituitary gland will not secrete too much auxin, so it is fat, but not high, and will soon stop growing.

Seventh, students need to get enough sleep if they want to get good grades and develop their brains while studying. If you have a good sleep, it is better to eat less or not at night. Because the stomach is not harmonious, I can't sleep well; Liver disharmony leads to dreamy sleep. When the stomach is not harmonious, I can't sleep well; If the liver is hot, there will be more nightmares in MUBI. If you eat at night, the liver still has to work, detoxify and digest, so sleep will also be affected.

Eighth, our eyes should be bright, and we need to be able to skip food after noon.

In the ninth aspect, muscles should have strength, so it is better not to eat after noon.

In the tenth aspect, if we want to strictly observe the precepts and keep them clean, it is best for men not to have nocturnal emission and not to eat after noon. In other words, observing Bafen Lent can also keep our intestines clean. The law of health preservation says: if you want to be old, your stomach is not full; If you want to die, you have nothing in your stomach. No scum.

At present, many diseases, such as acne, toothache, periodontitis, allergic rhinitis, or various gastrointestinal infections, are all caused by unclean intestines and stomach, and even cause nasopharyngeal carcinoma, or asthma, and various diseases.

Don't eat after noon

The so-called "no food in the afternoon" is a precept set by the Buddha for becoming a monk. In the legal department, the correct saying is "out of season". In other words, you can't eat outside the prescribed time. This time is from sunrise to around three o'clock in the afternoon until dawn the next day. During this time, no food is allowed. Except those with special physiological needs (such as patients). Noon doesn't mean twelve noon, but the sun rises to the middle of the day. What is not allowed to eat and what is not allowed to drink has many detailed divisions, so I won't say much here.

cause

Buddhism believes that morning is the eclipse of heaven, and the eclipse of heaven; Noon is the Buddha's food time, that is, the Buddha's food time in the third world; Sunset is the time for animals to eat; The faint night is when ghosts and gods eat.

Related elaboration

Wen Jing Sharif

The Buddha said in Sharifutsu Wen Jing: "Brahmins don't eat in time and don't eat evil." Therefore, disciples of Buddhist monks must eat at the right time. However, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, it went from bad to worse. Master lianchi also said in "Essays on Bamboo Windows": "The more you meditate, the faster you eat at night, and the more you fight for luxury. Better than lunch, get used to it after a long time! "

Not eating seasons is a way of life for the Buddha and his disciples every day. The specific reasons are explained in the Ministry of Justice, including Ananda's going out with other monks, having lunch, coming back late, being scolded by others, begging in Ye Jia city on rainy days, and being suddenly seen by pregnant women thinking that she was knocked off by a ghost, etc., so the Buddha gave a commandment not to beg for food at night. Moreover, it is also a kind of practice to reduce one's desire to eat and be satisfied with knowledge. This method will make you feel a little uncomfortable at first, and you will get used to it gradually. But if it does harm to the body, it can still be eaten normally. Now family members don't have to be like monks, or they will become monks. After all, this is the precept of becoming a monk. Family members can abide by the precepts of the Eight Official Pavilion, and some of them don't eat out of season. It is good to stick to it on some days, but the monk's commandments are not suitable for family members.

Not eating after noon is called fasting. Fasting means observing fasting and not violating it.

Shi wants to read it: "The origin of the world is due to a saying:' Ufshato, Sui Yan increased, fasting was practiced, and good roots increased. "Buddhism fasted in the name of not eating lunch."

"Sun Jing" said: "Fools are like sheep, sometimes they are born with a thought, so-called fasting."

The second of the ten hearts established by mythology is "a foolish child is a vegetarian".

Defect theory

Regarding the merits of fasting, Father Dharma said in his Theory of Deformity: "A fasting person should be conscious, and it is useless to be unreasonable. Vegetarians are also neat, and the so-called physical and mental cleanliness is not messy. Those who hold it protect themselves. The so-called precepts, such as protecting the law, must ban six emotions outside, control three poisons inside, and be diligent in feeling clean in body and mind. If it is right, it is called fasting. There are five kinds of food: one likes to eat according to the law, and the so-called obedience to the law is followed by joy; Both of them are happy to eat, so-called internal and external peace, physical and mental pleasure; Three people read food, and the so-called constant thoughts of Buddhas correspond to their hearts; Four wishes to eat, the so-called walking, living, sitting and lying, often seeking good thoughts; The five have no food, and the so-called heart is always clean and does not touch secular dust. These five foods are called fasting. If there are people, if they don't eat, it's like five clean foods. It's no use saying you fast. The only thing out of ignorance is food, which is called fasting when touched. If there is also a break, how can the cloud be blessed? The world is charming, ignorant and carefree, all evil, greedy, unrestrained, not ashamed, only eating out, fasting for themselves, and nowhere to live. "

Buddhist common sense question and answer

According to the Buddhist system, monks in Zhaopuchu don't eat food in the afternoon. There are two reasons: 1. The monk's meal is provided by the layman, and only one bowl is eaten a day, which can reduce the burden of the layman; 2, don't eat after noon, help get it done. This system is still widely practiced in southern countries. The strictest drink only white water, not even milk, tea or coconut water. But ordinary monks can drink tea, soda, juice and sugar in the afternoon. China Han Zen monks have their own farming habits since ancient times. Because of work, they have to eat at night. Therefore, in most temples, it is forbidden to eat in the afternoon, but it is regarded as a' medicinal diet', but there are still many monks who hold the ban on eating in the afternoon.

Buddhist question and answer

Li Bingnan, an old Buddhist, wrote in the Buddhist Q&A: Although Buddhists have a system of "one food a day", not every believer can abide by it and let go of it. That is, those who are under the great precept of Bodhisattva are limited to six days, and those who know their benefits and physiology often automatically leave a meal, which is one of them. The universe is vast, and the extremes meet. It seems that China should not be used to distinguish between good and evil. There were murders and martyrdom in ancient China, but what can we do now? What's more, a meal is expensive, which existed in ancient China. According to the Book of Rites, in the chapter "Less is more important", there is an article saying that "the emperor eats princes, and then the doctor eats three meals", noting the general idea that a respected person is virtuous and virtuous, not because of taste. Hey! Since the fall of Kongjiadian, China culture has been completely annihilated. This is another one.

Buddhist significance

For example, the master wrote in the Buddhist question and answer: There are many benefits to not eating in the afternoon, so the Buddha made:

1. Eating less can reduce the lust of men and women.

Second, you can get a relaxed body and mind and give your stomach a proper rest.

3. Easy to enter meditation (Sanskrit Zen).

4. Have more time to practice enlightenment.

5. If you want to be liberated (Sanskrit vimokso), your appetite will be purified.

6. All Buddhists in the third world don't eat after noon.

Sticking to skipping lunch has the advantages mentioned above. It is feasible for everyone to have lunch with ideas. If you insist, you can get the merits and benefits of insisting on lunch without any restrictions.

Weight loss principle

Breakfast: (Eating)-Decreased insulin secretion-Hunger.

Lunch: (Eating)-Decreased insulin secretion-Hunger.

Fasting period: (no food)-enter the fat burning period.

Six reasons worthy of recommendation

1, simple-not picky about food, don't care about calories.

2, convenience-in the face of eating out, although you can't be picky about the type, you can choose not to eat.

3, flexibility-in principle, you can't eat after 2 pm, but if you eat lunch late, the time can be adjusted.

4, obvious-face, chin, abdomen, waist thick, slimming effect can be seen.

5, health-good spirit, not easy to fatigue, light body and mind.

6. Good physical fitness-as long as you persist for half a year to 1 year, you can completely improve to "eat fat physique".

According to the meridian stream of traditional Chinese medicine: at midnight (23-0 1), if bile changes, people's brains will be awake; In clowns (0 1-03), the liver supplies blood and produces fresh blood (sleeping on the right side is good for health when clowns); In Yin Shi (03-05) (you can get up), blood is supplied to the lungs, and the lungs are full of pulses, that is, nutrients and oxygen are delivered to the whole body, so people look good after waking up; When Shi Mao (05-07) woke up, it was time for people to excrete. At this time, the large intestine is opened and excreted cleanly; Chen Shi (07-09), it's time to eat, the stomach meridian is open, which is beneficial to digestion; At the fourth hour (09- 1 1), the nutrition was digested and the spleen meridian was operated. At noon (1 1- 13), there is a great deal of blood supply to the heart meridian, and the heart meridian is very prosperous, with fierce yang in the sky. In this case, it is done in one breath; Before noon (13- 15), the small intestine is enlightened, the heart is burning, and the spleen and stomach are soil, and the fire is born. After lunch, the small intestine is quickly absorbed. A lot of water will disappear. At this time, at Shenshu point (15- 17), the bladder meridian is opened. When the kidney meridian is opened (17- 19), the kidney stores essence, which means a busy day. At this time, all the money of the day was deposited here; At that time (19-2 1), the pericardium was opened. Check whether there are spies, that is, eliminate all evils; By the time we reached Shihai (2 1-23), the triple energizer and pulse were all open, and people needed to recuperate. At this time, people began to sleep. In the afternoon, the yang drops and the yin rises. Eating food will aggravate yin qi. Natural food in the morning, Buddha food at noon and ghost food at night. Eating after noon will accumulate garbage in the stomach and large and small intestine, so not eating after noon is the best way to clear the intestine, because the small intestine and the heart are inseparable, and the heart will be clear when clearing the intestine. Eating too much or after noon will make the meridians impassable. If the meridians are blocked, the body will be tired, the mind will be blocked and the karma will be abandoned. If you have dinner at 5-7 pm, the kidney meridian will be blocked, and you can't turn back to the fire of life gate, forming the essence of filth and encouraging love. Then at 7-9 pm, I can't get rid of the evil spirits in my heart. For a long time, the heart living in it can't dominate the gods, and the brain thinking is controlled by the evil spirits in the pericardium, and then at 9- 165438+. At night 1 1- 3 am, the gallbladder and liver are heavily burdened, and the functions of detoxification and blood exchange are reduced, which seriously affects sleep. Early the next morning, Yang couldn't get up easily. In the morning, it is difficult to eliminate the turbid substances accumulated in the intestine, forming toxins in the body and entering the blood and internal organs. In the morning, at the best stage of absorbing nutrition, I don't think about eating, forming a vicious circle. At noon, my heart is heavily burdened.

Therefore, if you don't eat after noon, you can keep your head clear, your heart refreshed and your body and mind relaxed and lively. In terms of methods, you can first replace it with fruit or buqi soup, and then replace it with water, so you won't eat at all after noon. There are many advantages to not eating in the afternoon, so the Buddha made it:

1. Eating less can reduce the lust of men and women.

Second, you can get a relaxed body and mind and give your stomach a proper rest.

3. Easy to enter meditation (Sanskrit Zen).

4. Have more time to practice enlightenment.

5. If you want to be liberated (Sanskrit vimokso), your appetite will be purified.

6. All Buddhists in the third world don't eat after noon.

The Buddhist scriptures say:

You monks! By all kinds of diet, as medicine, good is better than evil and cannot be increased or decreased. I'm so interested that I can get rid of hunger and thirst. Such as bees picking flowers, take its taste without losing its color and fragrance. A bhikkhu, who is supported by others, is self-satisfied and wants nothing, which is not good for his kindness. For example, a wise man can raise as many cows as he can, not too many, so as to exhaust his physical strength.

Generally, the fetus absorbs nutrition with the navel in the mother's womb, and the fetal umbilical cord will beat. The baby breathes through the abdomen. The longer a person grows, the more the breathing point moves up to the middle of the stomach. Finally, when old people are weak, they breathe through their lungs for a short time. The first thing we need to do in practice is to restore breathing with our abdomen. Abdominal breathing can develop Dantian, but eating too much will block the opportunity of Dantian, so we can take advantage of China's not eating to revive Dantian.

"Ten Doors of the Law of the Sea" Bajie lives near the fourth cloud away from the door:

If you don't eat supper, if you cross the boundary between Chinese food and oriental food, and give up eating cooked food such as dry rice, cakes and noodle soup, you will rest in peace, be healthy forever, live a long life, feel sorry for others, and then quickly walk out of the three realms. All living beings live on food. If they can reduce their eating habits, their lineages will gradually get rid of them.

Sticking to skipping lunch has the advantages mentioned above. It is feasible for everyone to have lunch with ideas. If you insist, you can get the merits and benefits of insisting on lunch without any restrictions.

What kind of diet is helpful for meditation?

For beginners, you can change to a light diet, adjust the way of nutrition distribution, and gradually change to vegetarian diet. And eat well in the morning, eat enough for Chinese food, eat less for dinner, and never eat supper.

Advanced students can slowly switch to not eating after noon (eating time is 5: 00 am-65438+0: 00 pm), starting from not eating one day a week, and then adjusting after four consecutive weeks. In seven months at the latest, they can gradually get used to not eating after noon.

When you don't eat after noon for one month in a row, you can stop for five days, then stop for five days after noon for two months, and so on, until you don't eat after noon for five months in a row, and then rest for five days. After the above adjustment process, you can stabilize the habit of not eating after noon.

The practice of not eating in the afternoon is of great help to meditation, which can purify our bodies and accumulate blessings.

The dietary pattern of professional practitioners can be changed from not eating after noon to eating at noon (the eating time is from 1 1: 00 in the morning to 1: 00 in the afternoon), and the lunch time is gradually shortened (from 12: 20 to 1: 00 in the afternoon). The purpose of shortening time is not to eat too much food, that is, although a meal is the amount of one meal, it is not the amount of three meals.

In the process of diet adjustment, you can read the Heart Sutra more and "feed" more, so that you are not so easily troubled by psychological or physical hunger.

There is also fasting on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, which can remove waste from the body and is also very helpful to meditation.

How should diet and nutrition be distributed to help meditation?

The nutrition of food is to people what oil is to cars. When the car needs refueling, we will definitely add the right oil without impurities to make the car run smoothly. We should also cherish our newspaper, which is our personal wealth, and we should not eat inappropriate food.

Huang Tingjian (Gu), a great poet in Song Dynasty, believed in Buddhism. He eats porridge in the morning, at noon and after noon. Tang Bai Juyi's poem "The Master of Longhua Temple" in Changqing Collective 19: "The night is quiet and the forest is afraid, and the spring is hungry. This is a poem that sympathizes with Buddhist disciples from the heart. But the ancients thought that not eating in the afternoon was also the secret of longevity and health, and overeating at night was easy to cause disease. Song people's "perennial strategy" has such a jingle: "Sleep at night without cover, how many meals are there?" It means sleeping at night. You'd better not sleep with your head covered. Sleeping under a quilt is not good for people's health. As for eating, even if you don't follow the laws of Buddhism-don't eat during the New Year, as long as you don't eat more and eat less.