Buddhism: How much should I eat?
Q: How about eating? How much should I eat?
A: Eating is the same as sleeping. You must know yourself. Food must be consumed to meet bodily needs. Look at your food as medicine. Are you eating so much that you only feel sleepy after the meal and are you getting fatter every day? Stop! Examine your own body and mind. There is no need to fast. Instead, experiment with the amount of food you take. Find the natural balance for your body. Put all your food together in your bowl following the ascetic practice. Then you can easily judge the amount you take. Watch yourself carefully as you eat. Know yourself. The essence of our practice is just this. There is nothing special you must do. Only watch. Examine yourself. Watch the mind. Then you will know what is the natural balance for your own practice.
If you find yourself sleepy everyday, try to eat less. Examine yourself. As soon as five more spoonfuls will make you full, stop. Then take water until just properly full. Go and sit. Watch your sleepiness and hunger. You must learn to balance your eating. As your practice goes on, you will feel naturally more energetic and eat less. But you must adjust yourself.
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July 3rd, 2008 at 5:53 pm
I would like to tweak this info a bit.
to drink 1/2 cup approx. of quite warm/almost hot water after a meal will help w/digestion whereas any room temp or cool water will not help the body continue its digesting work. You must match the temp in your stomach or your body will have to heat up the water within creating a time lag during digestion and less smooth operation.
By Bob Flaws, wonderful acupuncturist in Colorado. I tried this and voila it really helped my digestion alot!!!