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Hubei News of Buddhism Research Network: On August 13th, 27, Professor Wu Yansheng, the editor-in-chief of China Zen, the director of the Buddhist Institute of Shaanxi Normal University and doctoral supervisor, gave a lecture on "Zen in a cup of tea" to more than 2 students in the 4th Zen Culture Summer Camp in Huangmei, Hubei.
The lecture is divided into eight parts: the taste of tea, the life span of tea, the mood of tea, the spirit of tea, the realm of tea, the allusions of tea, the machine front of tea and the Zen taste of tea, and it is a multi-faceted and multi-perspective taste of tea Zen Samadhi. Professor Wu pointed out in his lecture that wine represents drunkenness, and tea represents waking up. From drinking to waking up, it is from a troubled life to an awakened life, from a lost life to a sober life. Regarding the taste of tea, Professor Wu pointed out that the taste of tea is "there is one person among the plants" and "people cannot be idle unless they have something"; Regarding the longevity of tea, Professor Wu introduced the longevity of happiness, longevity of rice and longevity of tea that people in China care about. With regard to the spirit of tea, Professor Wu introduced several representative views and their connotations, such as "diligence and thrift", "purity and elegance" and "harmony, respect and silence". With regard to tea, Professor Wu introduced the mystery of Zen or no Zen in a cup of tea, and analyzed the connotations of "drinking tea while drinking tea" and "drinking tea without touching a drop of water all day" and their complementary relationship. As for the blindness of tea meditation, Professor Wu pointed out that tea meditation is manifested in the cleanliness of the external environment, the cleanliness of the internal environment, the cultivation of a clean heart, and the return of the original nature, and quoted a tea poem to encourage everyone to realize and dedicate their lives with the spirit of a piece of tea: "Although they are people in the grass, they are happy to die for the public. Do not hesitate to go through fire and water, and want to shake the spirit of all people. " Finally, Professor Wu hopes that through this lecture, everyone can drink a cup of clean tea, develop a normal heart, cultivate a normal heart with clean tea, and drink clean tea with a normal heart.
During the lecture, Professor Wu also demonstrated the rich multimedia materials of "Tea Zen Life", and more than 1 exquisite ancient and modern famous Zen tea vessels, Zen tea calligraphy and Zen tea paintings, which made everyone feast their eyes, immerse themselves in it and linger. The lecture opened a window of the soul with fragrant tea and Zen meaning, which made the campers feel the charm and charm of the samadhi of Zen tea, and was warmly welcomed by everyone.
After the lecture, Professor Wu informed Elder Jinghui about the editing of China Zen. The fifth volume of China Zen, which is being edited, contains the latest research results of famous Zen scholars in Europe and America, and is an album that can reflect the research level of contemporary Zen in Europe and America. The sixth volume of "China Zen" will undertake the mission entrusted by the times and devote itself to the implementation of academic research to the present and the level of serving the real life. (Words are all over the world)