"If you knew, as I do, the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing some of it." -- The Buddha
I'm always surprised to hear that most people think Buddhist monks and nuns are vegetarians.
In fact, the Buddha never prohibited the eating of meat. It's an individual choice by the community members if they want to be vegan, vegetarian, or omnivore.
At Abhayagiri, all meals that offered are excepted with gratitude.
Below is a meal that was served by us in April.
The menu:
pasta with kale, feta cheese, and pine nuts (3 pounds of rice pasta, 6 bunches of kale, 2 yellow onions, 3 cartons of feta cheese, 2 packages of pine nuts)
garlic bread (2 loaves of french bread, 2 heads of garlic, 2 cubes of butter plus olive oil)--leftover butter, oil, garlic is poured over pasta
salami and brie cheese ( 2 large salami and 3 wedges of brie)
2 cartons of cookies
plus four big bunches of broccoli (to be prepared the next day)
feeding 20
(monastics and lay supporters)
