Taste tea and life.

Life perception is some feelings and consciousness of life produced in life. Personal perception varies with life experience and personal cultivation morality. It is also a person who suddenly sees everything he has experienced clearly and clearly at a specific time, place and environment, which varies due to different personal qualities, different positions and different understandings. The following is my understanding of tea taste and life, for you to sort out. Welcome everyone to learn from it, I hope it will help you.

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A cup of tea in the morning starts a beautiful day.

Boil water to make tea. A few minutes later, when the lid was lifted, the teapot gave off a steady stream of hot air, and time revealed its fragrance in the quiet morning light. Open the door, walk into the balcony, enjoy the beautiful scenery of the field and taste the fragrant tea in the cup. Mountain light, water color, chicken singing, bird singing, flower fragrance, green vegetable beds and dark green rice fields are all floating in the graceful morning light, blending with the tea in the cup and the mood in the chest. The stem in the pot is big, and the sun and moon in the cup are long. You can't tell which is the external world and which is the internal world. Shadows, houses, running dogs, working farmers, and the soft light of the morning sun in May bring fresh life to the quiet fields.

I like this quiet and leisurely life, and I like the comfortable feeling that there is nothing in my heart. I don't need to get up early and race against time, and I don't need to work hard to earn a living. Every day is a good day, every time is a good day, how nice!

Life is a practice, we should cherish it and experience it. Meditate every day, talk about Taoism, and want nothing. Simple life, enjoy it. There is no class in the morning. After washing, go out to eat a bowl of soup powder, or a bowl of porridge with steamed buns, then take a leisurely walk between the garden and Cinnamomum camphora trees, and then go home to drink tea and write calligraphy. Take a sip of fragrant tea and write a few words. The heart is silent, the words are silent and there is no smell of fireworks. The taste of Zen and tea is in the words, and the pen is full of Buddha. I like to read Buddha while writing, both for leisure and practice. Every word is amitabha, and every step is amitabha. When you hold the Buddha's heart, you only feel refreshed and detached, and your whole body and mind are full of positive energy.

Bamboo is true, yellow flower is not prajnaparamita. Scenery and countryside, weeds and flowers, rocks, sand and flying butterflies are all quiet in my eyes. Buddha said: Everything is made by heart. The outside world is the inside world and the wonder of the universe. People who have no consciousness can't be trusted anyway.

The first time I soaked in water, the tea was rich in fragrance and astringent in taste. I often take off the lid of the teapot and leave a gap so that the tea is not so astringent. Let the tea come out for a breath, and the fragrance will double. Let the mood relax? In the same way. A person should not always be bored. He should always take out the heart of the ego and integrate it into the boundless universe, and he will get a Buddha's heart.

Soak in water for the second time, and the tea smells sweet. That root is the sweetness that is perceived after suffering. Life has experienced a lot of pain, and then I slowly discovered that living is pain and happiness; Life is bitter and sweet. If it is not bitter, it will not be sweet. Buddha said: This is the world of concubines, concubines are sorry. Without many regrets in life, we will not cherish everything we have.

The third soak in water, the tea is light and the tea taste is light. If the heart is weak, everything will be weak, if the heart is clean, everything will be clean. In fact, drinking boiled water quietly will also taste the faint sweetness in the water. Is to eat white rice, black steamed bread, no fish to eat, chew slowly, but also fragrant. As long as we calm down and compare ourselves, we will feel that a plain life is the life we really want to live. Poor food and pomp never last longer than calling the shots. Light love and light years are what we want.

The two actions of drinking tea, pick it up and put it down. Different teas have different tastes; Different people have different stories; Different times have different moods; But it is the same to pick it up and put it down, and the environment of Zen is the same.

There is a blind Buddha tea in Hanshan Temple in Suzhou. Tea is tasteless, but it has a faint fragrance of bamboo leaves more than water. A pot of green bamboo leaves, hanging but not heavy, floating and heavy. It is both Zen and tea. Life is impermanent, ups and downs. The heart is a pot and the universe. Things have changed, and the clouds in Yun Qi have fallen, and the flowers have blossomed and fallen, which is rock solid; The heart is a porcelain cup and compassion. The wind and rain are gloomy, the sun rises and the moon sets, the mountains and rivers change color and are as white as jade. Nothing stands in the way, nothing stands in the way; No distractions, everything is solved. Hanshan Zen master said: My heart is like an autumn moon, and the green pond is clear. The heart is clean, everything is clean.

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Tea is expensive, simple and simple. Simple thatched cottage, pure natural landscape, pure natural mood. All artificial decorations are superfluous. Zen pays attention to emptiness. Neighbors in the yard built a grass-temple-style teahouse on the roof. The four corners of the roof were covered with fir bark, log structure and stainless steel gourd-shaped spire, which shone in the sun, like a Buddhist temple and an ancient pavilion. There are bamboo tables and chairs in the room. Outside are piles of rocks, bamboo shadows, winding bridges and flowing ponds. There are several osmanthus trees on the slope. Frogs croak in the pond, loach is splashed in the water, and several lotus leaves are scattered all over the floor. Every time the host has nothing to do, he calmly boils water and drinks tea, or at dusk, or early in the morning, or in the rain, or under the moon, and is as comfortable as a fairy.

I like the primary color tea room, there is no trace of artificial carving, and there is a natural randomness and frankness. It is better to have a couch and put it under the pavilion. When you are tired, you can fall asleep with the sound of water and frog drums, let the tea smell diffuse and render your dreams. The ancient bluestone is paved all the way, covered with moss and even more lonely. Because of the high terrain, you can see the scenery of the whole city, climb high and overlook, feel relaxed and happy, and even shout happily!

Buddhist temples are often empty, and secular homes are often exquisitely decorated and fully furnished. These are all like our state of mind. Mediocre people like to enrich their thoughts and enjoy being busy. A monk is so quiet that he likes to be empty until there is nothing in his heart, so that he can "make something out of nothing."

The teahouse is also empty, giving people a sense of peace and tranquility. In the meantime, you can meditate, purify your body and mind, be quiet and spotless, and get rid of vulgar thoughts.

Do whatever you want, do whatever you want. Stone tables and chairs under the tree, a wider balcony and a clean and tidy living room are all places to drink. Just keep it simple. You don't need luxurious furnishings, high-grade tea sets, expensive tea leaves, and you don't have to be famous for Shelly water. Tea, taste to the heart, into the realm. Drinking alone has the beauty of drinking alone and drinking more has the beauty of drinking more. Life is in tea, the universe is in tea, the sun and moon are in tea, and the mood is in tea. Mr. Liang Shiqiu said that "green tea is the most elegant". If you have friends who like playing the piano, playing chess, calligraphy, painting and poetry, people who play the piano, playing chess, swinging, splashing ink, chanting poems, talking about Zen and drinking tea can enjoy the performance while smelling the tea, which is full of elegant cultural taste. It is a kind of happiness and a realm to enjoy tea and realize enlightenment in leisure.

Tea is the spirit of nature, plain and natural. Every kind of tea, every piece of tea has its own different taste. Just like each of us, as individuals, has our own hardships in life. Scented tea is gorgeous, brick tea is rich, green tea is fresh, and all parts are the same. Every kind of tea has its own brewing method, each with its own taste and properties. From the variety and origin of tea, we can taste the spirit of mountains and rivers and nature. See the world from a piece of tea, and realize life from tea again and again. Put it down, pick it up, that's what life is all about. Make tea, drink tea, meditate, enlighten and purify. A piece of ice heart is in the jade pot, so that the pure mind and clean landscape can be integrated to find the most natural true self. Drink tea and meditate, in the bright moon and breeze, in the green mountains and flowing water, under the white clouds and blue sky. ...

Tea, Buddha blindly. Buddha said that emptiness is color. What kind of tea, water and cups you use for drinking tea are all very particular. Purple sand, ceramics and bamboo are all excellent products. Purple sand is the most respected one, with rich tea fragrance. Ceramics, also porcelain cups, are commonly used in Buddhism. Homophonic "compassion", in fact, the product is tea, and the body is the environment. Bamboo is a little clumsy, and the tea made with bamboo leaves is more fragrant, which looks simple and elegant. Zen tea, the first is the environment. Pay attention to the external environment, mood and humanistic environment. The best thing is the integration of the three realms. It is the mentality of "nothing, where is the dust". When you meet people outside the fairyland, there is naturally a great realm of "all bamboos are true, and yellow flowers are not ordinary". A pot of tea, a universe; A cup of tea, a life; Mentality is a person's state. He made what was in his heart. Clear mind, Zen enlightenment.

In the ancient temple of Dengqing, it is empty, elegant in the study of Qintai, and romantic in the flower moon; Zen, a thousand people realize, ten thousand people Zen. Different people have different enlightenment and Zen, which is "a thousand rivers have water and a thousand rivers have moons". The same cup of tea can taste different. Everyone has different experiences, deep or shallow, extroverted or introverted, different environments, different outlands, different moods, different reasons, life and tastes. But all the smells are empty and nothing is obtained. The highest level of tea tasting is neither Tao nor Zen. If you live without a fixed place, you will get nothing.

Once you meditate, you will never stop drinking tea. See tea intimate, everything is one thing, absent-minded, let clouds roll, relax.

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Last night, at the invitation of my old classmates, I went to Jiajiafu Hotel in Hedong for dinner. During the dinner, there were Hu Jiangping, a beautiful classmate I haven't seen for two years, Peng Zhenqiu, an authority on Chinese in No.1 Middle School, and three or four young girls. The host is Tian, director of the city's agricultural bureau, accompanied by Deng Xianghui, a pianist, and Peng Rongshi, general manager of Shunde Park. Wine and meat pass through the intestines, and Buddha keeps himself in his heart, where Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism merge. After the banquet, the old classmates invited tea, which was a teahouse selling Dahongpao. Go inside and go upstairs. I saw two benches next to the bar, a door panel and a white sheet, just like a corpse. Everyone was shocked and suddenly realized: this is a blow! Look at love, the flowers are just right, maybe impermanence is coming! Life is short, so we should wake up early: "The sea of suffering is boundless, and turning back is the shore!" " "

230 yuan, order a pack of Dahongpao, Tian, Deng, Peng and He are seated, and the host makes tea. While talking about Zen, I read Buddhist classics, and there are many witty remarks, which are very popular. What impressed me the most was the classic famous sentence of Yang Mingshan, the presiding monk: "Making tea is like soaking a nun!" I think nuns are the most difficult, which is beyond the control of the abbot. As for abstruse words like hitting on nuns, what extraordinary people can understand, and Buddhist quips can only be understood without words.

The tea table is particularly clean, and the teapot porcelain cup shines with simple and bright light. There is a couch next to it with a bamboo pillow on it, so you can lie down and sleep. There are many Zen characters, cursive scripts and cursive scripts on the wall, and there are several freehand paintings, which are just a little crowded. At this moment, it is quiet and safe, away from the hubbub. Meditation, looking back on the rest of your life, each has its own understanding. Dahongpao is warm and subtle. Old classmates are as modest as Wen Ya and indifferent to understanding. No noise, no excitement, shallow notes, clear and fragrant.

At the moment, people are as equal as tea. Tea ceremony is also humane, drinking the ups and downs of life, and tasting the equality and sentiment of life. Good tea is tempered by many tests and tribulations, and the realm of life is also highly honed.

I am carefree, carefree, carefree, carefree and want nothing. "There is no red dust in the heart, and God is away from the three realms." Fame and fortune are like clouds to me. The old classmate said that he would definitely consult with a monk who graduated from the Buddhist College. And kindly advise, you can only taste it, and you can't get too deep. I want to go too. Who left, jumping out of the three realms and not in the five elements? I have tasted the taste of tea and boiled water for half my life, and I can still keep my original heart. Who can?

The teahouse has a quiet environment and a quiet heart. The heart is "the mirror of heaven and earth, the mirror of everything", and it is clear-sighted. At the moment, however, I have vulgar ideas in my heart. Obviously, there are no "good guests". Where is Gao Shi, the bosom friend? A "knowing" smile is invisible without words. Only when the heart is annihilated can you see the Buddha, but obviously the heart is so different and not clean. The world is a mirror of itself, and the world of mortals in my eyes is the world of mortals in my heart! That's all, that's all.

According to legend, the Buddha said to his disciples in Lingjiusan that the Great Brahma King presented golden polo flowers as a token of his respect. The Buddha presented flowers to the public, and the disciples didn't know what it meant. Only the venerable Ye Jia smiled at the moment. So the Buddha happily announced: I have a sincere eye, a wonderful heart of nirvana, and a subtle way to give Mahayana. Mahakaya smiled gently, that is, he understood his heart and got the message, but he just couldn't say it, he couldn't say it. It must be said, but only when the mentality and the humanistic environment are transparent can they be connected. People who smile at flowers are pure, true and beautiful. Flowers are heart flowers and Zen is non-Zen. The heart is innocent, and the flower has no shadow.

Tea tastes life, but there is no tea to taste and no life to meditate on. One thought is not born, one thought is not extinguished, nothing is realized, and nothing is gained.

Postscript: Zen does not speak, Buddha does not speak. All thoughts are distractions; All hearts are false. It is quiet only when you don't think and talk. The above delusion is just to add trouble and take a warning!