Understanding the Four Basic Requisites for Monks
…your bowl is almost full, you must learn when to say enough is enough. Alternatively, after you finish your second plateful, if someone tries to offer you more food, you must learn how to decline polite…
…and grateful, encouraging monks to accept only what they need and to avoid greed. The act of eating should be a means to gain energy for studying the Dhamma, not for pleasure or aesthetics. This mindset…