China was very popular in the Tang and Song dynasties, and its influence on social culture has continued to this day.According to legend, after Zen Master Yuanwu Keqin proposed "Zen Tea One Flavor", Zen and tea stool were in harmony.Almost a must-have tea in temples, and monks must drink tea.
Zen is a direct point to the human heart, and seeing the nature and becoming a Buddha
Chinese tea and Zen culture was introduced to Japan, and thus Japan's "tea ceremony" was created;It was introduced to the UK, and there was London "afternoon tea";When it was spread to Europe and the United States, there were so-called "Christian Zen".Tea and Zen culture influences world civilization and is profound and far-reaching.
Zen is a direct point to the human heart, and to realize the nature and become a Buddha.It requires people to base themselves on reality and achieve enlightenment and liberation in the present moment of life.
More than a thousand years ago, Zhaozhou Conglun's three-character Zen of "eating vegetables and tea" taught people that meditation should be as ordinary as drinking tea, washing bowls, eating, and sleeping. Through practice, they can understand the joys and sorrows."After the rice, I ate the strong tea, and sat by the pond and counted the fish swimming." "After the porridge, I ate the tea, I opened the window and sat alone to watch the green mountains." "I chanted the verses of Hanshan, and fried the Grain Rain Tea after the rice" How elegant, melodious, natural and undesirable, "The tea is ripe and the fragrance is permeated by the bottle", and the fragrance is overflowing.
The Zen master abandoned all the chaos and came to a quiet, ethereal and undisturbed place. "The smoke is filled with tea stoves, and the hemp is steamed with cloth and fur spots are spotted.If you don’t understand the Kung King’s Dharma, why do you have this leisure?"The leisure here is leisure to remove distracting thoughts, and is truly calm, calm and comfortable, like entering meditation."The wind blows the tea and smoke float on the bamboo couch, and the water flows and the petals fall on the green pond." Without the integration of tea and Zen, who can understand the beauty of this vast, open and profound Zen?Just like in the tense and busy gaps today, we are making a bowl of tea with our hearts and tasting a bite of tea with our hearts, and we will get an indescribable tranquility in the present.Tea is calm in nature, while Zen is thoughtful and rational.
According to legend, when Shennong tasted hundreds of herbs, he knew that tea had antidote effects.According to historical records, monks from the Eastern Jin Dynasty had planted tea in Lushan, and pedestrians in Dunhuang helped to practice by drinking tea suo (cooking tea with spices such as ginger, cinnamon, orange, and jujube) together.
With the development of Chinese civilization, tea culture emerged to the Tang Dynasty.The methods of making tea include Tang cake tea, Songtuan tea, Mingye tea, Zhiqinggongfu tea;The methods of drinking tea are from the Tang Dynasty, Song Dynasty, Ming Dynasty, and Qing Dynasty.Tea is used for medicinal use, art and Zen;From the "elegant play" of the upper class to the custom of the customs, it is the seven things that open to the folk "fire, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea".
Tea penetrates into cultural life and produces tea sets, tea factories, tea shops, tea rooms, tea houses, tea scriptures, tea books, tea poems, tea paintings, tea songs and even tea ceremony.Treat guests with tea, make friends with tea, get married with tea, give gifts with tea, trade with tea, and people's customs are inseparable from tea.Tea culture is an important part of Chinese traditional culture.
Sakyamuni Buddha picked up flowers and showed them to the public. Kashyapa smiled, and then there was a different teaching of the teaching of spreading the heart with his heart. It was introduced to China by Bodhidharma during the Southern and Northern Dynasties.Legend has it that Bodhidharma faces the wall, lifts his eyelids and falls into the ground to form a tea tree. The story is almost absurd, and the Zen tea that contains the meaning of life is of great significance.Later, Mazu created a jungle and established the rules of the 100 feet of rice. Zen monks used tea as food to nourish the purity and practice, used tea to enjoy guests, made good relationships, gradually cultivated and realized the mind and saw the nature, and formed Buddhist Zen Buddhism with Chinese characteristics, which was expounded until the Tang Dynasty, and Zen culture emerged.
Zen permeates all aspects of Chinese culture, and includes Zen speech, Zen history, quotations, and lantern records in language history;In literature and art, there are Zen essays, Zen poetry, Zen music, and Zen paintings;In terms of architectural crafts, there are Zen temples, Zen pagodas, Zen rooms, and Zen tools;There are Zen principles, Zen studies, Zen Taoism, and Zen styles in academic thoughts.Zen is one of the characteristics of Chinese Buddhism, and Zen culture is an important part of Chinese traditional culture.
One tea and one Zen, two cultures, there are similarities and differences, neither one nor different.One thing and one mind, two kinds of Dharma numbers, there is form but no form, and it is neither separated.Tea culture and Zen culture flourished in the Tang Dynasty. Tea culture was made from drinking to art and Tao. Those who blended tea and Zen into one flavor began with Lu Yu, a tea saint who was raised by Zen monks in the Tang Dynasty and grew up in Zen temples. His "Tea Sutra" was written by him, which opened a new trend in tea art in a generation.Buddhist Zen temples are mostly in high mountains and jungles, and are unique and foggy. They are very suitable for the growth of tea trees. It is the Buddhist tradition to emphasize both agriculture and Zen.
Zen monks worked in farming, and most of them planted trees and forests, planted tea, made tea and drank tea, and became a common practice.Many famous teas were originally written by Zen monks.Such as Buddha Tea and Tieguanyin, they are named by Zen monks.It is often creative in the methods of growing, picking, baking, frying and savoring tea.Chinese Buddhism not only created its own unique Zen culture, but also matured China's original tea culture, and integrated tea and Zen to become China's tea and Zen culture.
Tea is not only a resource for practicing and a technique for health preservation, but also an opportunity to realize Zen and a tool for showing the Tao and demonstrating the Dharma.Water is the most clear thing in the world, and tea is the most clear taste in water. Its "original taste" is consistent with the Zen master's indifferent and natural state of mind and "normal state of mind" that is far away from attachment.One sip and one drink, the nectar moistens the heart, one rewards and one harmony, and the heart and heart are in harmony.Many people have benefited the world and people's hearts from the subtle influence of tea and Zen culture.
In addition, the famous Hangzhou Longjing Tea originated from Hangzhou temples and became famous in Hangzhou temples.According to historical records, the West Lake Longjing was originally used as a tribute tea at the suggestion of monks in the temple.
The processing method of Longjing tea uniquely uses ten major techniques such as "grab, shake, tie, spur, push, buckle, swing, grind, and press".The special-grade Longjing tea is flat, smooth and straight, with a tender and moist color, fresh and tender aroma, fresh and refreshing taste, and the leaves are tender and tender.West Lake Longjing Tea not only combines the "four wonders" of the color, fragrance, taste and shape of tea, but also combines famous mountains, famous temples, famous lakes, famous springs and famous tea, forming a unique Longjing tea culture.
