What do you mean by not having lunch after noon?

According to modern time, "noon" is twelve o'clock.

In ancient times, there were no clocks. Usually, put up a stick in the sun. When the shadow reached the center, it was already noon. People with lunch can only eat from noon that day until dawn the next morning. The so-called Ming phase, there is no specific time, based on the fact that you can see the palm prints outdoors.

Do not eat meat

Buddhism is full of convenience and skillful practice, and keeping precepts is no exception. In order to let the good men and women at home have the opportunity to get in touch with the life of becoming monks, so as to plant good roots and a career, the Eight Guanting Commandments came into being.

To put it simply, "Ba" refers to the Eight Rings, because the precepts of the Eight Guanting Pavilion are birth precepts, which turn the precepts of killing, stealing, fornication, jumping and drinking into precepts, and there is no need to add fancy sesame oil to your body, listen to songs and dances, or sit in a high bed. "Close" means closing eight evils and not building three industries. Those who "fast" share all evils and have the intention of cultivating goodness. Fasting is "out of season"

Monks have the rule of not eating in the afternoon. Gude said, "Don't eat in the afternoon, in case evil desires are less." If you eat too much and are greedy, your lust will be heavy. The so-called' full of warmth and lust'. "Monks have to practice meditation, so not eating after noon seems to be very helpful to practice. Many monks stick to the rule of not eating after noon all their lives.