Tea culture originated in Yu Xia period, developed rapidly in Tang Dynasty and reached its peak in Song Dynasty.
Tea, in people's minds, can be said to be a light, elegant and dust-free symbol. Speaking of tea, we have to talk about tea sets and tea Zen. Yes, tea culture is closely related to Zen from its origin to its development.
In the Ming Dynasty, Lu Rong once wrote a poem: "The wind in the south of the Yangtze River made the monk say that there is a clear spring on the stone and tea in the bamboo." . Famous monks in France and Tibet know better, and yancha is full of robes. Tea has become an indispensable necessity for meditators. Taste a cup of tea, but I don't know the Zen meaning, quiet Zen mind, calm waves, the way of living and the feeling of treating others.
The relationship between tea and Zen is almost known to most people, but in fact, in secluded places, there must be orchid fragrance, and the empty valley echoes, and elegant people must enjoy it. Tea heart is unique, and Zen heart understands. At the same time, the eulogy will be thorough. Since ancient times, many literati have wandered among them, taking tea as the left and poetry as the right. Natural tea has also won the admiration of literati.
The ups and downs of history and the feelings of the world are truly unique voices. "Forget the words under the bamboo to purple tea, Jin Shengyu guest convection chardonnay. The heart of dust is hard to wash, and the shadows of trees are oblique. "Qian Qi's poems, with the land of bamboo and the sound of cicadas, are elegant. Quiet as the net in the world, people are quiet but not dusty. Flourishing floating world, pretending to be quiet, unique, it can be seen that tea language borrows poetry.
Speaking of the quietness of tea, it is the realm of blending nature. Teapots are like heaven and earth, and tea leaves are like people. When tea is served, boiling water is poured in, which is the harmony between heaven and earth and people, forming a kind of nature. "Tea Solution" says: Sitting in the mountain hall at night, taking a spring of brew tea, until the fire and water fight, listening to the sound of pine waves, falling into your arms, the clouds are light and the wind is light, so it is not easy to talk with the laity.
Meditation is like Jiang Tao's waves passing by, but his son's heart can hold everything in the world without leaving a trace. This is the highest state of meditation.
When Su Shi was demoted to the secretariat, his life was at a low point, his future was bleak, and his career was slim, but he was not surprised, just like doing things with great generosity. It can be said that his heart is like tea, quiet and traceless, and it is better to make tea.
However, Zheng Banqiao is also a tea elder, living alone in this world and doing things calmly. Its sentence: Bring fresh tea from the river and buy all the green hills for painting. The spirit of tea is invisible to the world.
In today's society, the fast-paced life and fast-food style are all the same. Without quiet cultivation, fame and fortune, love and hate have forged roots in people's hearts. Without a pure and enlightened heart, the secular world attracts a complex and secular atmosphere, but this opposite and relaxed thought imprisons people, and the pursuit of life gradually forgets the relationship between people and this nature, but if
It can be seen that mood is necessary, and peace of mind is even more necessary. So quiet tea tasting has become an indispensable part here, and the complex of tea and poetry has played a connecting role in it.
Choosing a quiet place and drinking a cup of tea does not mean that you have reached the state of meditation. It is not achieved at one time. Realizing quiet drinking is just a neglect of form, just like tea fragrance. Fragrance does not depend entirely on good utensils and springs, but on the natural environment experienced by tea itself.
In the final analysis, it is tea-like, tea-like, a kind of quietness, which comes from the heart, balances the weight of fame and fortune, desire and desire, and finally returns to calm. Scholars drink tea, talk and laugh, and then write poems to express their feelings about life, and the Zen that they realize from natural products in their hearts is condensed in poems. Therefore, there is a close relationship between tea and poetry, and this relationship has just penetrated into the practice of Zen.
Many poems are permeated with the shadow of tea.
"Green lights and green windows, standing tea and listening to snow." If you don't have a quiet heart, how can you hear the sound of snow falling?
Du Mu's "Today's mane meditation will collapse, and tea and cigarettes will be blown out". How can there be a leisurely mood without meditation?
Tea is Zen, tea is poetry.
Zen and Zen are borrowed from tea and penetrated into poetry.
What we can't give up in the meantime is the poetry and tea complex contained in it.
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