Religious Diversity in Southern Mississippi
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| I asked Cam Luong if they had vegetarian meals after every Sunday service. He replied: "Yes we do have a vegetarian meal after services especially on certain Dharma Festival days: for example Buddha's Birthday Festival, Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Festival.... The meaning of food in the temple is not to be shown under fancy presentations nor does it appear plentiful as a way to please the view and the appetite of the members. Food in the temple is just something to put in the mouth, enough to help the body of members continue to live, to stand up for one more day. Vegetarian meals remind and concentrate us on the concept of not killing. If one understands the meaning of vegetarian meal, one can enjoy having a simple meal in the temple.... One is having a real good life with big house, new car, lots of domestic servants and with good food always on the table but one always dreams about coming back to the original forest-side home or childhood-prairie home where grand and mom and dad and brother and sister everybody together having just boiled potatoes for dinner. Vegetarian Meal? Yes Vegetarian indeed." |
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