Vegetarian? 素了嗎？

有位素食的朋友，去年開始在她自己家園翻土種菜。那時她對我說，在翻土時殺傷一些蟲，心很不好受，為了要種菜卻殺生。
我那時很理性的回應她，我們每天都會殺生，如煮水，很多小到無法肉眼看到的菌。只要無蓄意，也不是很大的罪。

我還不是素食者，但這幾年自己煮食，都煮素食。

前幾天另一位朋友給我她家園的菜，當我洗菜時，注意每片葉前後上下左右，不僅耗時，越洗越難受，我邊洗邊唸起往生咒。。

沒有殺蟲劑的菜，當然是牠們的天堂。
一片葉是蟲的一生。
我的一餐是幾只蟲的生命？

煮水燒菜，雖然看不到微細生物，但知識中，我是在殺生。
我真的能素嗎？

A vegetarian friend started growing vegetables in her back yard last year. She shared her discomfort about killing some worms while she was digging the garden. It was killing.
I replied to her in rational thought that we are killing everyday, like when boiling a pot of water, many germs are killed that we can't see. That's not a big deal as long as we are not doing it intentionally.

I am not a vegetarian yet, but I cook vegetarian food mostly since I must cook.

Last week, another friend gave me some vegetables from her garden. It took several hours to wash the leaves, because I needed to look all around on every leaf. I felt discomfort while washing them, so I started chanting for those tiny insects, may they get that transfer of merit...

The place without chemicals is heaven to the worms and insects.
A leaf is the life of insect.
How many insects in a meal of mine?

When boiling water and cooking meals, even though I can't see those tiny creatures, but in knowledge, I am killing.
Can I really be vegetarian?