[Buddha-l] Buddhism, drug use and LSD

[Vaj]

On Mar 31, 2005, at 4:08 AM, Stefan Detrez wrote:

> Now, to get back to a question undiscussed until now: what about
> 'moderate' drug use? A 'middle way' in mind altering substance use?
> What good reasons are there to approve or decline getting high from a
> Buddhist point of view?

Substances like marijuana cloud meditative experience so it is not a 
good adjunct to practice.

Hallucinogens deplete an essential prana called tejas, essential for 
higher meditative states so therefore this would not be advantageous 
either as part of the path.

Sincerely,

Steve