Food

What do Buddhists eat? What do you eat on a Buddhist retreat? Are Buddhists vegetarian and what does Buddhism say about eating meat? How can Buddhist ethics impact what we eat? Explore all these questions and more what Buddhism has to say about food, eating, and cooking.

Meditation

Mindful Eating: You Saw It Here First

Mindful eating has hit the New York Times! One of our sharp-eyed editors spied this article yesterday in the Dining and Wine section of the Gray Lady: “Mindful Eating as Food for Thought.” In it, Jeff…

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PHOTOS: BGR’s Walk to Feed the Hungry

Buddhist Global Relief hosted its second annual Walk to Feed the Hungry event in New York City last weekend. Bhante Buddharakkhita led a large group of walkers up and down a beautiful stretch of Riverside Park,…

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Teachings

Just Right

Not so long ago I read the “new” Suzuki Roshi book, Not Always So (published in 2003.) I thought, wow, these guys did a great job, it’s exactly like Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind! But when I…

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World Food Crisis; Street Zen

The world food crisis: Scientists and economists worry that the reallocation of scarce water resources — away from rice and other grains and toward more lucrative crops and livestock — threatens poor countries that import rice…

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