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Always remember to luv them wrathful devils, they hate that. Also if a re-incarcerated bodhisattva, you can sell your soul incessantly (just think of the children… and donuts) for sprinkles of your choice. More tips for those contracted in blood, sweat and tear ups. Burn.

Hail Santa and dyslexic Satan. 🦞

@Lionduck said:
Donut or not Donut...

That is the question.

@Vastmind said:
In the temple I used to attend, there would be little Debbie snacks

Little Debbie is another one. I've stood in front of the Little Debbie display shelf in my grocery store, feeling like two parts of my mind are standing in front of each other with their fists clenched!

Do Buddhists eat donuts?

Yes, but they are only allowed to eat the hole in the middle

In the temple I used to attend, there would be little Debbie snacks and soda on the altar all the time. I’ve seen Monks eat everything….and nothing. They aren’t as strict eaters as you might think….That goes for lay followers, as well. I often joke that that’s the most popular thing to fight about in a group of Buddhists…what you should/shouldn’t eat. I’ve seen fights over honey that should have been in a ring, hahaha

I ask this halfway in jest, because I assume many Buddhists do enjoy donuts and similar junk food.

But I have to admit, when I imagine a Buddhist being offered a donut, I imagine them deciding that the sense pleasure brought by the donut is not worth the unhealthy ingredients, even if it really won't be too much bother to metabolize or balance out with a majority of healthy eating and exercise.

That is to say, I imagine the middle way for donuts is to abstain from donuts, and perhaps look for something else that gives us a bit of sweetness to enjoy? Or is it okay to just eat the donut?

May seem like a small thing but it's a small thing that won't go away for me.