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Drinking Meditation
To develop clear comprehension in eating, chewing, drinking and tasting, the meditator should observe the feeling at the contact of the tongue with food or water, and then observe the feeling of the movement of mouth or tongue.
Note: While moving the hand to touch the glass, observe the feeling at the fingertips;. when touching or holding the glass, observe the sensation and realize the arising and ceasing of feeling and the bodily-consciousness.
Concerning eating, the Buddha instructed: Taking food thoughtfully and prudently, not for sport, not for indulgence, not for personal charm and adornment, but sufficient for the support and upkeep of body, to allay its pains, to help the practice of the righteous life, with the thought: My former feeling I check and set on foot no new feeling. So shall I keep going, be blameless and live at ease. Just as a man dressing a wound just for the healing of it, or just as he oils an axle enough for carrying the load, even so thoughtfully and prudently does a brother take his food, not for any sport with the thought; So shall I live at ease.
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