CultureMagazine | Feature, Portfolio
The Art of Budo
Reading between the brushstrokes of martial arts masters
John Stevens
John Stevens is an author and Professor of Buddhist Studies at Tohoku Fukushi in Sendai, Japan. This was adapted from "What Did the Buddha Eat?" which appeared in the October 1985 issue of East West Journal.
IdeasMagazine | Special Section
Meat: To Eat It or Not—John Stevens
As a young Indian prince living nearly three millennia ago, Gotama (Buddha’s original name) enjoyed the finest delicacies available to the warrior caste of that ancient era: sali, a high-quality long-grain rice; dairy products such as ghee…
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