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on others’ bene ts, it is exhausting. So, we need to adjust the two together—achieving both our bene ts and others’ bene ts. Everyone gain appropriately—that will be a good outcome.
Anything else? Gaining weight after practicing dhamma. This question is: When we say that we eat within an emptiness, eat without the sense of self—are there any de lements? Delicious without de lements? It sounds strange—but, this is true. Observe—how can there be deliciousness without de lements? This is because the tongue does its duty to perceive tastes. The term “perceive taste” means perception (sanna)—that is we remember what is delicious, what is not. Are we fabricating to make it delicious? It is really delicious, correct? Delicious within an emptiness—this is considered very meritorious. Meritorious to both the giver (of food) and the recipient. The giver’s heart is ful lled, the recipient’s stomach is ful lled... as well as his/her heart. Ful lled both physically and spiritually—really meritorious.
Contemplation of food—how do we contemplate? Contemplate the emergence-cessation of the taste itself; contemplate the emergence-cessation of the chewing activity; and contemplate the cessation of each mouthful of food that moves down. It moves into an emptiness—it empties then disappears, empties then disappears. When we experience this—how do we contemplate? How do