First of all, the word "vegetarian" emphasizes simplicity and is a simple and natural way of life. How can diet be simple? Four words: contentment is always happy. Eating the simplest food, the cheapest food that is easy to find, the food at the bottom of the food chain, the food that protects the earth's environment, the food that doesn't need to be killed, and the food that tastes delicious without cooking is a vegetarian food.
"Vegetarian" itself means "white" and also means cleanliness. On the one hand, vegetarianism means that the food itself is simple and clean, and more importantly, it makes the human body clean and the mind clean after vegetarianism.
Vegetarianism is relative to "eating meat". In addition to meat, food belonging to meat also includes five spices, such as onion, garlic and leek. Why are these plants also called meat dishes? The so-called "spicy annoyance" means that eating onions and garlic will make people worry constantly, so these are "meat". From this perspective, the definition of vegetarianism is not whether it is a "plant", but whether food makes people "bored" and "uneasy". Vegetarianism emphasizes "mind", which can "not disturb" and "calm the mind", so vegetarianism is obviously a kind of "emotional health preservation".
This vegetarian diet is an emotional benefit, which is difficult for non-vegetarians to understand. I have been a vegetarian for eight years now, and I didn't feel this benefit until later, which I didn't expect at first. I can make an analogy, just like when you get on a tour bus full of plastic, you feel uncomfortable at first, but after a while you get used to it and feel that it doesn't exist.
In fact, most of us ordinary people are full of ideas every day. Our ideas are uncontrollable, but we just don't pay attention to them and go with the flow. After being a vegetarian, because there is no "worry" of "meat", my heart gradually calms down, and it is easy to detect my own distractions.
This is why vegetarians are more sensitive to the taste of food. For example, after eating leeks, I feel very upset and can't sleep well, but I didn't feel this way when I was a vegetarian. Don't think "wine" is vegetarian just because it is made of plants. Nowadays, people will feel restless as long as they drink a little beer, which has never happened before. This is the "purity" of people's hearts. Vegetarian food can help people "clear their hearts" without distracting thoughts, so it is easy to realize that they are distracting thoughts and realize the problem, so as to jump out of the problem and solve it.
Vegetarians can "go their own way", do what they like, and go their own way without being bound by secular views. Isn't it? Vegetarians are still a minority in modern society, but they can still adhere to vegetarianism. They know that they have a strong heart and can resist external influences such as temptation and public opinion. This is "sailing against the current" and "not following the current". If a person can control his own distractions and completely control his own heart, then he will certainly be able to control his words and deeds, realize his wishes and do whatever he wants. Can you do it so smoothly, is it not the highest realm of life?