Don't eat at noon: 15 benefits of not eating at noon

过午不食：过午不食的十五个好处

Don't eat at noon. Generally speaking, don't eat in the morning or at noon, and don't eat in the afternoon or at night.

----Zhuge Changqing

amitabha.

Blessed life is limitless.

Most senior practitioners of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism do not eat at noon.

In fact, the reason for not eating at noon is that the practitioner's internal body is clean and there is no sense of greed, hatred and delusion.

Zhuge Changqing once explained a lot of content of skipping lunch in the Sina blog post "skipping lunch: what is skipping lunch".

Zhuge Changqing believes that those who learn Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism at home can slowly transition to not eating at noon.

Zhuge Changqing suggested that after 3-5 years of doing good deeds and accumulating virtues, taking vegetarian food, releasing life, chanting Buddha and giving food, you can slowly transition to not eating at noon.

If you don't eat at noon, it is only good for your health.

Because the practice of Zhuge Changqing has proved that for a long time (3-5 years), there will be a state of "being full of spirit and not thinking of lust, not thinking of food, not thinking of sleep".

1、 What is "no food at noon"?

Zhuge Changqing believed that the way to skip lunch for those who study Buddhism at home is to eat breakfast, lunch, afternoon and evening.

Generally speaking, I don't eat after 1 p.m. (in the morning and at noon, in the afternoon and in the evening).

If there is entertainment in the evening, you can have dinner.

The noon does not mean 12:00 noon. According to Zhuge Changqing, the noon is 11:00 - 13:00 in combination with China's actual situation.

Zhuge Changqing believes that those who study Buddhism at home can have breakfast, lunch, afternoon and evening without eating.

2、 Why not eat at noon?

Why don't you eat at noon?

Because after noon, the Yang Qi decreases and the Yin Qi rises. Eating food will aggravate the Yin Qi. In the morning, it is the day food, at noon, it is the Buddha food, and at night, it is the ghost food.

Zhuge Changqing suggested that after 3-5 years of doing good deeds and accumulating virtues, taking vegetarian food, releasing life, chanting Buddha and giving food, you can slowly transition to not eating at noon.

3、 What are the benefits of not eating at noon?

Buddhist sayings. There are five blessings if you don't eat in the future. One is less lewdness. The two sleep less. The three must be united. There is no disadvantage among the four. The five are safe and not ill. That's why Taoist Shamen knows his blessings and does not eat. (Book 0680 of the Mahayana Single-Translation Sutra, Volume 1 of the Buddha Saying Everywhere Sutra, translated by Shaman Anshigao of the Later Han Dynasty)

Not eating at noon is a precept formulated by the Buddha for monks. Practice at home can be combined.

In the law department, the correct saying is "not always eating".

That is to say, you can't eat outside the prescribed time. This time is from the sun to the middle of the afternoon until the dawn of the next day. Eating is not allowed during this time. Except for those with special physical needs (such as patients).

Eating after lunch will cause garbage to accumulate in the stomach and intestines, so not eating after lunch is the best way to clear the intestines. Because the small intestine and the heart are external and internal, clear the intestines and clear the heart.

If you eat too much or eat after noon, your meridians will be blocked. If your meridians are blocked, your body will be tired and your heart will be blocked. If your heart is blocked, your Taoism will be abandoned.

4、 There are fifteen advantages of not eating at noon.

There are fifteen advantages of "not eating at noon".

There are 15 reasons for not eating at noon in the Herbalist's Dharma:

The first is constant fat. Because if you eat at night, it will all turn into garbage, become fat and stay in your body.

The second is that our heart, lungs and kidneys will not be ischemic. If you eat too much at night and the blood goes into your stomach to help digestion, then heart ischemia, if you have myocardial infarction, is prone to sudden death.

The third is conducive to the practice of meditation.

The fourth is that when our body is hungry, the phagocyte activity in our body is the strongest, which can promote the phagocyte to eat those necrotic tissues.

The fifth is to keep our intestines clean. You don't need to go out for beauty treatment. Your stomach is clean, and your skin is naturally good.

The sixth is to help children grow taller. Because we eat a lot of dinner at night, the pituitary gland is in a state of relative ischemia. In addition, the blood goes to the stomach for digestion, so it will not fall into deep sleep, and will inhibit the pituitary gland from secreting a large amount of auxin, which is less, so it is not conducive to growth and development.

The seventh is that it is conducive to teenagers' learning and has a clear mind.

The eighth is that if you have dinner at night, and then go to watch TV and read books, your eyesight will be damaged, because your eyes will not get enough blood.

The ninth is that if you eat more food at night and have been digesting all the time, so in the morning, there is still ischemia in the muscle, which is prone to some industrial accidents.

The tenth, especially for young men, if they have more supper, their digestive system will always have to work and cannot rest, so their brains will also dream; In addition, if he drinks soup, his kidneys are also working overtime, so when he goes to bed at night, he dreams that he is urinating in his dream, and in fact, he has ejaculation.

The eleventh is that hungry ghosts will be hungry and thirsty when they hear the sound of bowls and chopsticks. There is flame in their throat and they will be worried.

The twelfth is to let all the internal organs and viscera work overload, and the aging will be faster.

The thirteenth is that it is easy to produce desire and increase the three poisons of greed, anger and ignorance.

The fourteenth is that if we can truly accept the eight-guard fast without food at noon, and even the merits and virtues of a day and a night, we can get more than 600000 years of food, and we don't have to worry about having no food in 600000 years. When we read the Sutra of Infinite Longevity, we can observe the eight-guard fasting for a short period of time, such as the Dharma, and even one day and one night. With the belief and willingness, we can see that the bliss in the future will be of the highest quality.

Fifthly, if we have been greedy for material enjoyment, our spirituality will be blocked.

reference material:

1. Network information and pictures of the Buddhist No Food at Lunch Festival

2. Zhuge Changqing, "No food at noon: what is no food at noon" (picture)

过午不食，通俗一点讲，就是早上、中午吃饭，下午、晚上不吃饭。

---- 诸葛长青

  阿弥陀佛。

  福生无量天尊。

  佛教、道教、儒家高级修行者多是过午不食。

  过午不食，实际上，是因为修行者内身已经清净，没有贪嗔痴的感应。

  诸葛长青曾经在新浪博客博文《过午不食：什么是过午不食》中阐述过很多过午不食的内容。

  诸葛长青认为，在家学儒释道修行者可以慢慢过渡到过午不食。

  诸葛长青建议行善积德、吃素、放生、念佛、施食3-5年后，可以慢慢过渡到过午不食。

  过午不食，对身体只有好处、没有坏处。

  因为，诸葛长青实践验证认为，行善积德、吃素、放生、念佛、施食修行久了（3-5年）会出现“精满不思淫,气满不思食,神满不思睡”的境界。

   一、什么是“过午不食”？

   诸葛长青认为，对在家学佛修行者的过午不食，就是吃早饭、中午饭后，下午、晚上不再吃东西。

   通俗讲就是下午1点后就不吃饭（清晨和中午吃饭、下午和晚上不吃饭）。

   如果晚上有应酬的，可以圆融一下、可以吃晚饭。

    正中午指的不是中午十二点，诸葛长青认为，结合中国实际，午时就是11：00---13:00。

     诸葛长青认为，在家学佛修行者，过午不食就是可以吃早饭、中午饭后，下午、晚上不吃饭。

  二、为什么要过午不食？

   为什么过午不食？

    因为过了中午阳气下降，阴气上升，吃了食物会使人阴气加重，早晨是天食，中午是佛食，晚上是鬼食。

   诸葛长青建议行善积德、吃素、放生、念佛、施食3-5年后，可以慢慢过渡到过午不食。

   三、过午不食有什么好处？

     佛言。日中后不食有五福。一者少淫。二者少卧。三者得一心。四者无有下风。五者身安隐亦不作病。是故沙门道士知福不食。(小乘单译经·第0680部、佛说处处经一卷、后汉沙门安世高译)

   过午不食，是佛陀为出家比丘制定的戒律。在家修行可以结合进行。

   在律部中正确的说法叫“不非时食”。

   也就是说不能在规定许可以外的时间吃东西。这个时间就是在太阳到正中午后，一直到次日黎明，这段时间是不允许吃东西的。但是身体有特殊需要的除外（例如病人）。

   过中午饭吃饭会使胃和大小肠内堆积垃圾，所以过中不食，是清肠的最好方法，因小肠和心互为表里，肠清则心清。

   吃饭过饱或过了中午还吃饭，会使经脉不通，经脉不通，则身疲困乏、心地闭塞，心地闭塞，则道业荒废。

   四、过午不食十五个好处。

  有善知识大德总结“过午不食”有十五个好处。

  药师法门里面有说，受持过午不食的十五个理由：

  第一个是不变胖。因为你晚上吃东西，就全部变成垃圾，变成脂肪留在身体里面了。

  第二个是不会让我们的心、肺和肾缺血。你晚上吃得多，这个血都跑到胃里面去帮助消化去了，那么心脏缺血，如果本身有心肌梗塞，就容易发生突然死亡。

  第三个是有利于修习禅定。

  第四个是我们人体在饥饿状态下，体内的吞噬细胞活性最强，就可以促进吞噬细胞吃掉那些坏死的组织。

  第五个是让我们肠胃干净。你就不需要跑出去做美容了，肠胃干净，自然就皮肤好了。

  第六个是有利于小孩子长得高。因为晚上吃晚饭吃得很多，脑垂体就处于相对缺血的状态之下。并且来说，这个血都跑到胃里面消化去了，所以就不会入深度的睡眠，就会抑制脑垂体大量分泌生长素，生长素分泌得少了，所以就不利于生长发育。

  第七个是有利于青少年的学习，头脑比较清明。

  第八个是如果晚上有吃饭，然后再去看电视、看书，就会让视力受损，因为眼部得到的血也不够。

  第九个是如果晚上吃食物比较多，一直在消化，所以早上的时候肌肉里面还是缺血的，就容易发生一些工伤意外。

  第十个，尤其是年轻的男众，如果有吃晚饭比较多，他的消化系统会一直要工作，不能休息，所以大脑也就会跟着做梦；并且有喝汤的话，肾脏也在加班，所以到晚上睡觉他就做梦，做梦梦里面自己在小便，其实就发生遗精了。

  第十一个是饿鬼听到碗筷的声音就会生饥渴，咽喉有火焰，生烦恼。

  第十二是让所有的五脏六腑都超负荷地运转，就衰老得更快。

  第十三个是容易产生欲望，增加贪、瞋、痴三毒。

  第十四个，我们如果真正地能够受持过午不食，清净地受持八关斋戒，乃至于一天一夜的功德都是浩瀚无边的，都能够让我们得到六十万世余粮，六十万辈子之中都不用担心没饭吃了。我们看《观无量寿经》，短暂地、如法地，乃至于一天一夜受持八关斋戒，加上信愿行，将来往生极乐都是中品中生以上。

  第十五个是，我们如果一直有贪著于物质的享受，灵性就闭塞。

  参考资料：

  1、佛教过午不食网络资料、昵图网图片资料

  2、诸葛长青《过午不食：什么是过午不食（图）

(This article is an original article by Zhuge Changqing, and the pictures are selected from the Internet. Welcome to forward it, and please indicate the source for forwarding)

Introduction to Zhuge Changqing: Zhuge Changqing, the inheritor and promoter of traditional Chinese culture, is willing to "learn from sages, promote virtue, revitalize China and benefit the world" together with people with the same ideals in the world.

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Zhuge Changqing's Chinese Dream

Learn from sages and carry forward virtue

Revitalizing China for the benefit of the world

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诸葛长青简介：诸葛长青，中国国学传统文化传承弘扬者，愿与天下志同道合者一起“学习圣贤、弘扬善德、振兴中华、造福世界”。

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