Since everyone had so much fun discussing the topic of the 5th Precept - I thought that I would line up some of the articles for easy reference (in somewhat lazy chronological order):
- Compassionate teaching of Zen with Beer - Sweep the Dust, Push the Dirt
- Suramerayamajja-pamadatthana-veramani - Marcus's Journal
- Dharma Drinks - Sweep the Dust. Push the Dirt
- Booze and suramerayamajja pamadatthana - The Reformed Buddhist
- Discipline of Sobriety - Marcus's Journal
- Comments of the 5th Precept - Dangerous Harvests
- To Brew or not to Brew - Home Brew Dharma
- One more thought on the 5th Precept - Home Brew Dharma
- To Drink or not to Drink - Barbara's Buddhism Blog
- Proud Fundamentalist Buddhist Scholar - American Buddhist Perspective
- Comment on the 5th Precept - Angry Asian Buddhist
- Dharma Police - The Buddhist Blog
- You're No Buddhist - Love of all Wisdom
I don't really have anything more constructive to add on the subject. I thought that the opinions provided in the above posts varied from a literal and concrete interpretation of the precepts to a more adapted view to complete and utter drunkenness.
If I missed any interesting contributions; feel free to include in comments along with your favorite drink (with or without the alcohols).
Cheers,
cool, thanks!
ReplyDeleteOne more you might want to include:
ReplyDeletehttp://thebuddhistblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/dharma-police.html
Wow! Fabulous funny post! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteAnd my favourite drinks, in order, are:
1) Ti Guan Yin
2) Any other loose-leaf oolong tea
2) Any loose-leaf green tea
3) A good strong cup of PGTips
4) Water
And that's it! I don't drink anything else! LOL!
@ Adam - Thanks for the link, I've included it.
ReplyDelete@ Marcus - Ugh. Green Tea. For some reason the healthiest drink on the planet, green tea, gives me horrible stomach cramps - Like garlic to a vampire. I have aquired quite a liking to Oolong as well as chai tea.
But easily my favorite drink is warm apple cider with cinnamon. Ahhh! Autumn.
Cheers,