Eating Meditation: An Introduction by Brother Freedom | #2

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With the energy of mindfulness, even eating can become sacred. We have a chance to get into deep contact with the miracle of food, and the people surrounding us, whether they are family, friends, colleagues or fellow-practitioners on the path.

Mindfulness allows us to look deeply to see the wonders of earth and sky in what we are eating and drinking. We can see the hard work and all the causes and conditions that have brought it to us in this moment, and gratitude and wonder naturally arise.

Looking deeply, we can see that a simple cup of tea, a tangerine, or a morsel of bread are nothing less than an “ambassador of the cosmos.” Eating with the energy of mindfulness we can experience our interbeing with the planet that is nourishing and sustaining us, and heal our feelings of loneliness and disconnection.

We can become fully aware of the miracle of our body – the taste buds in our mouth, and our body transforming food into energy and vitality. We also have a chance to encounter our habit energies around food, which may have been transmitted to us over many generations.

In Deer Park Monastery and all other Plum Village practice centres, we recite these five contemplations before eating:

This food is a gift of the earth, the sky, numerous living beings, and much hard and loving work.
May we eat with mindfulness and gratitude so as to be worthy to receive this food.
May we recognise and transform unwholesome mental formations, especially our greed and learn to eat with moderation
May we keep our compassion alive by eating in such a way that reduces the suffering of living beings, stops contributing to climate change, and heals and preserves our precious planet.
We accept this food so that we may nurture our brotherhood and sisterhood, build our Sangha, and realise our ideal of serving all living beings.

We tend to eat a little more slowly, to allow us to really savor every mouthful. We train ourselves to chew each bite at least thirty times, to allow us to really slow down and encounter the food, without rushing to swallow. When we can do this, we have a chance to touch peace and freedom right in the present moment. Many of us like to put down our cutlery between mouthfuls, to allow our hands to relax and to not race forward to the next bite while we still have food in our mouth.

To express our gratitude and love for Mother Earth and for all species, since October 2007 all our practice centers follow a vegan diet.

We hope this video introduction supports you in your practice at home, or with your sangha.

Enjoy your practice!

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🎥 This video is part of a series of introductions and orientations about the basic mindfulness practices in the Plum Village tradition.

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Eating is not just filling the stomach but to fill the heart. Wonderful.

jayaceliambrose
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The eating meditation, when I did it a long time ago at a retreat, changed my life. It made me understand the saying 'the whole world fits in a grain of sand' as I went all the way back to see what is/was needed for that food to be on my plate here and now. Thanks for sharing it.

FernandaFerreira-eosp
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I thought it was impossible to make my grilled cheese lunch from "In & Out" any better. This eating meditation transported it to the ultimate level! Thank you Deer Park for this teaching and for giving me opportunities to reach higher and larger perspectives!

SisterSunnyFreeSpirit
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I feel so grateful for this video. Thank you Br Freedom and Plum Village! Very helpful and insightful

iwannafluff
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I’m grateful for your teachings: it’s clear, simple, and easy for me to understand!
Every morning I light an incense for the Buddha, for my Grandma, and for THẦY!
And as I invited the bell, I said these words mindfully:
— Thầy ơi! Con thương Thầy! Con quý Thầy! Và con biết ơn Thầy vô cùng…Nhiều lắm Thầy ơi!!!
In this lifetime, it’s such a great honor for me to know THẦY, to practice his teachings, and the privilege of listening to all of THẦY’s CONTINUATIONS!!!

LongArizona
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I am grateful for this practice of mindful eating, the human world needs these habits to have the opportunity to become aware of all the gifts as valuable food that we receive, for some not obvious every day. I learned a lot from it today, thank you, have a wonderful day! 🙏🍃❤

martinakoole
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How nice to contemplate carefully, you realize that everything we have is thanks to the generosity of others, thank you brother 🙏♥️♥️♥️

liberadoratam
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Thank you so much Brother Freedom. The eating meditation teaching is really helpful for me. 🙏

chrissietucker
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This is the kind of a meditation about eating I was long time ago been looking for.... Thank you very much, it was so inspirational!

victorkh
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So beautiful your explanation., brought tears to my eyes cause we are all doing the hurry burry eating my grand children run eat go to school.

alokebanik
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I am training at my local Zen Center to be a Tenzo, and found this video very beautiful, thank you for sharing the wonder of eating that we need to rediscover that we've forgotten, but need to be lead back to that which we need to be brought back home to, thank you. Gassho.

annaewilliams
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Not going crazy with this but very good for mastication, ingestion, digestion, assimilation and elimination. While studying naturopathy we were taugth to eat this way with no distraction and no stress. 3/4 of healthy living with positive thinking, often overlooked. Makes a lot of sense.

thesoundpurist
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Thankyou thankyou thankyou this has added a very beneficial approach too eating for me. Having struggled with a love hate ralationship/eating disorder most of my life. Right now I understand. Thank you so much
Blessings from southwales uk 🙏💗🌻

traceybevan
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Thank you 🙏 🙏🙏 for showing us how you live and prepare meals. I wish these videos could have been made when Thay was still alive.

lordbyron
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The chi / life force of the water and the vegetables is sacred…. This is the clearest understanding of the gift of life force ….

skyshark
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Thank you Brother Freedom...This is a pertinent and wonderfully insightful video
Thank you for sharing🙏

michaelureadi
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That was beautiful brother what a wonderful expression and way of life. I'm practicing very hard to stay present because I've learned that "dwelling in the present moment, I know this is a wonderful moment" ♾️

RaymondNotario
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“I chew until I fall in love with food in my

gate
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Thanks to this video, Brother, I can fully appreciate, enjoy and taste my food. I am 74 and this is a new awareness for me. I imagine that my digestion will be better because of mindful eating. 🙏🙏🙏

accordiona
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Many thanks. I enjoy practicing everyday. I extremly gratitute to Plum Village

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