Why one meal a day?

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Prove it.
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Do it yourself , then see if you ask me to prove it , or instead wish to spread the word to others.
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That is not proof.
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Would it not be the best proof to you?
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Timmbuktwo...chill friend, it's a losing battle with the non-believers...know that you're not alone though...

appicchato...twenty years plus one meal a day vegi...
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Just that! *smile*
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Bhikkhu Pesala wrote:The Buddha recommended one meal a day for health reasons. It is untrue that this practice is unhealthy.

In the Bhaddāli Sutta of the Majjhimanikāya the elder Bhaddāli was reluctant to follow this training rule.

In fact, the body can get accustomed to all manner of different routines. While in Burma, I ate two good meals daily — at 5:15 am, and again at 11:00 am. In the Thai forest tradition they eat only once, at about 9:00 am after returning from alms round. It was hard at first, but one soon gets used to it. Nowadays, I usually eat my main meal at about 7:00 am, then take some fruit at 11:00 am.

Eating only in the mornings is no hardship at all once one becomes accustomed to it. The food is thoroughly digested by the following day, and regular bowel motions ensure good health.

This training rule is easy to keep in a monastic environment as food is simply not available after the meal time. For lay people, it is much harder to keep this precept, as they may see food or see others eating, which can make you feel hungry although you have already had sufficient food for nutrition.
I don't know, but this seems plausible.

In my own experiences, hunger has a certain rhythm to it. And the rhythm isn't fixed; it's altered by what we do. If you only eat once a day, you might only be hungry once a day.

But it is important to get proper nutrition. If you only eat once a day, that meal should be somewhat larger than what a lot of other people might eat for one meal.

It also depends on how much activity you get. Monks who engage in vigorous exercise will have to eat much more than those who only teach, read, and meditate.
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You are correct, Hanzze. Less than one meal a day would probably damage the praxis. Plus, you'd starve to death.
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appicchato wrote:
appicchato...twenty years plus one meal a day vegi...
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For a layperson with job, would it be wise to try not to eat lunch?
If some times in order to socialise, we have to eat lunch with other people, would the irregularity harm the stomach (especially a stomach with history of ulcer)?
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Hi Terasi
Terasi wrote:(especially a stomach with history of ulcer)?
Get treatment for it. It was recently discovered that stomach ulcers were not caused by stress, but because of bacteria. http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv ... mach_ulcer" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Hanzze wrote:Maybe the bacteria like the stressed one more :-) Metta-meditation to the bacterias helps.
I remember watching a documentary profile on the australian guy who made the discovery and eventually received the nobel prize for science/medicine for it. He said that the testing methodology ruled out stress as a contributing factor.
Hanzze wrote:Metta-meditation to the bacterias helps.
Yes, maybe.
Anyway,its time to get back on topic.
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Terasi wrote:For a layperson with job, would it be wise to try not to eat lunch?
If some times in order to socialise, we have to eat lunch with other people, would the irregularity harm the stomach (especially a stomach with history of ulcer)?
If you were to "skip" one meal, lunch should not be the one . If you were to miss 2 , lunch should not be the one. Socializing and eating do not have to be equal , au-contraire they can be beneficial as opposites . Ulcer is from an unhealthy system (body-more specific digestive system) , skipping one or two meals (that are seen as normal in modern society) and eating proper foods at the other(s) will quickly solve that problem . Bacteria is in all of us, and is a must for us to be alive, killing it as many scientists propose is in fact doing same to ourselves. Again if some need "links/proof" of this it can be acquired with relative ease through google searches .

Best of health to you and good luck with your own healing, kindly pass on lunch only as your last meal or in time of fasting .

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Hanzze , bacteria does enjoy a stressful system , well said, and it can thrive in a healthy relaxed system as well, each will reap that which they sow. Bacteria is there to start life and as well to finish it.
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Eat healthful food every 3 hours or so. Exercise. Do Yoga. Get good sleep.
Not really difficult, is it?
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yes
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