The "tasteless flavor" of puerh has a full Zen state, and the "tasteless" here is not "taste", but a "state of mind". "state of mind". This statement comes from the combination of Buddhist culture and tea culture, "Zen tea culture" of the so-called: "Zen tea a flavor"!
Tea is nature's favor to mankind, Zen is the realization of the full meaning of life, since the introduction of Buddhism into China, Buddhist culture and tea culture gradually fused together. Folk have "since the ancient mountains out of good tea", and its counterpart is "since the ancient mountains more temples". So from the very beginning, "Zen Tea" had a basis for development.
By the time of the Tang Dynasty, the custom of drinking tea had become extremely popular among the people, slowly forming a unique cultural phenomenon. Due to its popularity, it inevitably merged with the court culture and Buddhist culture to form a unique phenomenon of Chinese tea culture. In the monastery, the monks drink tea, beat the drum for the number called "tea drums", the monk temple tea room called "tea case", the temple management of tea tea production of tea monks called "tea monks", tea fasting, tea Zen has become the fashion.
"Zen tea flavor" is the Chinese tea culture and the Japanese tea ceremony of the four true skills. It lies in the "enlightenment": tea to Zen, Zen enlightenment heart, tea heart Zen heart, heart to heart, up to a supreme nirvana realm; living in leisure, peace of mind, a column of incense, sleep peacefully, woke up and sip tea, body and mind as a wash, line look at the flowing water, sitting and watching the clouds. A faction of calm and pure tea Zen realm, a kind of elegant and serene aesthetic interest. Tea Zen into poetry, tea Zen into literature. Zen such as tea, tea can be Zen.
The initial relationship between tea and Buddhism is that tea provides monks with an irreplaceable beverage, and monks and monasteries to promote the development of tea production and tea technology, and then, in the practice of tea, the tea ceremony and Buddhism have found more and more connotations of the idea of the **** passes.
One of them is "suffering"
Buddhism is infinite, but the "Four Noble Truths" as the general outline. Siddhartha Gautama became a monk, the first time in the Deer Park say, talking about the "Four Noble Truths" theory. The Four Noble Truths of Suffering, Setting, Destruction, and the Way begin with suffering. How much suffering is there in life? Buddha thought, there are birth suffering, old age suffering, disease suffering, death suffering, hatred and resentment suffering, love and separation suffering, not to be able to find suffering, etc., in short, all the substances that constitute the existence of human beings as well as the spiritual factors of human existence can bring people "suffering", the Buddha seeks to "the sea of bitterness has no boundaries, turn back to the shore". To participate in Zen meditation is to see through the concept of life and death, to achieve great enlightenment, and to seek relief from "suffering. Li Shizhen in the "Compendium of Materia Medica" in: "Tea bitter and cold, yin in the yin, the most able to lower the fire, fire for all diseases, the fire is on the clear carry on" from the tea after the bitter back to sweet, bitter sweet characteristics of the Buddhist can produce a variety of associations to help practitioners of Buddhism in the tasting of tea, taste of life, to break the "meaning of bitterness.
The second is "quiet"
The tea ceremony is "and quiet Yizhen", the "quiet" as a way to achieve the heart of the seat of forgetfulness, purify the mystery of the identification, clarification of the flavor of the road. Buddhism is also the main quiet. The Buddhist Zen meditation without adjustments (adjusting the mind, body, food, breath, sleep) and the Buddhist "precepts, meditation, wisdom" in the three schools are also based on the quiet. Zen Buddhism was created out of "stillness". It can be said that meditation is an important course for Zen masters of all times to realize the principles of Buddhism. In meditation, people are inevitably fatigued and sleepy, at this time, the only thing that can refresh the mind to overcome sleepiness is tea, which has become the best "friend" of Zen practitioners.
The third said "where"
Japanese tea ceremony master Chiriku once said: "must know the tea of the original but is to boil water tea," the second words hit the nail on the head. The essence of the tea ceremony is indeed to realize the mystery of the universe and the philosophy of life from the triviality of daily life. Zen also requires people to meditate and realize the great Tao from the trivialities of ordinary life.
The fourth is to "let go"
The suffering of human beings is attributed to the fact that they can't let go, so Buddhist practice emphasizes "letting go" in particular. Modern monk Xuyun said: "cultivation must let go of everything in order to enter the road, otherwise it is futile." What does it mean to let go of everything? The six internal roots, the six external dust, the six consciousnesses, the eighteen realms should be put down, in short, the physical and mental world should be put down. Let go of everything, people are naturally relaxed, see the world sky blue sea blue, mountains and beautiful water, sun and wind, moon and stars. Tea also emphasizes the "put", put down the work at hand, steal half a day of leisure, relax their taut nerves, relax their own imprisoned line. The most wonderful poem by Dr. Yan Renjushi: Put down also put down, where to hang on? I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do that, but I'm going to be able to do it.
May we all be a tea drinker who can let go and have no worries.