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The monk gave me a severe lecture because I ate in the temple hall and didn't hold a bowl in my left hand. Why?
For monks, eating in the Zhaitang is a solemn ceremony. It is not a simple meal as you think, and there are many ceremonies. Therefore, eating in the Zen fasting hall is especially called "going to the hall". Generally speaking, before eating, you should recite a mantra, give food, forbid words (don't talk), send someone to cook rice and vegetables back and forth three times (called "walking in the hall"), and use chopsticks or fingers to gesture when adding rice and vegetables. Wait a minute-so if you don't hold the bowl in your left hand, you just don't obey the rules. No wonder master wants to teach you a lesson! It's polite not to hit your bamboo board, hehe. In a regular temple, a monk on duty (it seems to be called "picket", and the word "picket" we usually use is a position in the temple) will hold a bamboo board (usually cut in half and beat loudly, but it is not very painful, mainly for teaching and warning). When you see that you have violated the rules, you will knock one or three times on your shoulder blades to show your vigilance. Before knocking, you will touch your shoulder blades with bamboo boards. You should tighten your muscles quickly and don't move, because if you move, you will bump into your head, so I will go over and bump into my ear, and I will cry when it hurts.