How to understand Zen life?

Zen is not an exciting thing, but just a concern for daily life-I use the Japanese translation of Zen Life 12 directed by Japanese Suzuki Junlang Zen Master to help you and others in need understand Zen life and focus on one thing at a time. This rule (and some other rules that follow) is well known to readers who have read the habits of Zen monks for a long time. This is also a part of my philosophy and a part of the life of a Zen monk: single task instead of completing multiple tasks at the same time. When you are pouring water, just pour water. When you eat, just eat. When taking a shower, focus on taking a shower. Don't try to stop work to eat or take a shower. Buddhist motto: When walking, concentrate on walking. When eating, concentrate on eating. 2. Do things slowly and carefully. You can finish one task at a time, but you may also finish it in a hurry. On the contrary, you can't worry, take your time. Pay attention to your actions, don't be too hasty and casual. It takes practice, but it helps you focus on your task. 3. Complete. Concentrate on your task. Do not proceed to the next task until the current task is completed. If you have to do other things for some reason, at least try to put away the unfinished things and tidy yourself up. If you are making sandwiches, you should clean up the things used to make sandwiches, clean the counter and clean the plates used to make sandwiches before eating. So you can make a sandwich and concentrate on the next task. 4. Do less. A Zen monk will not lead a lazy life: he wakes up early and is full of work every day. However, he won't have an endless task list-he will finish something today, not too much. If you do less, you can do these things more attentively, more slowly and more thoroughly. If you fill your day with different tasks, you will rush from one thing to another without stopping to think about what you have done. 5. Leave some space between things. This is related to the principle of "doing less", but it is a way to manage your schedule and ensure that you always have time to complete each task. Don't arrange things too closely-on the contrary, leave some space between things. This will make your schedule easier, and leaving space can also prevent a task from taking more time than you planned. 6. Cultivate a ritual. Zen monks have rituals for many things they do, from eating to cleaning to meditation. Ceremony gives people an important feeling-if something is important enough to require ceremony, you need to pay attention to it and finish it slowly and correctly. You don't have to learn the rituals of Zen monks-you can establish your own rituals, prepare food, eat, clean up, what to start, what to do after waking up and before going to bed, and what to do before exercising. Yes, set up a ceremony for anything you want to do. 7. Allocate time for specific things. Zen monks are used to complete specific activities at specific times of the day. Bathing time, working time, cleaning time, eating time. This can ensure that these things are done regularly. You can allocate time for your own activities, whether it is work, cleaning, exercise or quiet meditation. If this matter is important and needs to be done regularly, consider allocating time for it. 8. Take some time to meditate. Meditation is one of the most important parts of a Buddhist monk's life. There is a special time for meditation every day. This kind of meditation is actually an exercise of learning to live in the present. You can spend some time meditating, or be like me: I take running as an exercise to live in the present. Similarly, you can take part in any activity, as long as you do it often and practice living in the present. 9. Serve others with a smile. Zen monks spend some time serving others every day, whether it is other Zen monks in the temple or people in the outside world. This teaches them humility and ensures that their lives are not only selfish, but also dedicated to others. If you are a parent, you may spend at least some time serving others at home, and so may people who are not parents. Similarly, smiling and being kind to others are good ways to improve the lives of people around you. You can also consider volunteering for charity work. 10. Turn cleaning and cooking into meditation. In addition to meditation mentioned above, cleaning and cooking are also the most glorious parts of Zen monks every day. It is a good way to practice concentration, and it can be a good ceremony every day. If cooking and cleaning are boring chores for you, try to finish them through meditation. Do these things wholeheartedly, concentrate, slowly and thoroughly. This will change your day (and give you a clean room). 1 1. Think about what is necessary. This is basically what a Zen monk must do in his life. He doesn't have a wardrobe full of shoes or the latest fashion clothes. He doesn't have a refrigerator or cupboard to store junk food. He doesn't have the latest gadgets, cars, televisions or Apple music players. He has warm clothes, shelter from the rain, necessary utensils, indispensable tools and food to satisfy hunger (they eat very simply, and vegetarian meals usually consist of rice, miso soup, vegetables and kimchi). Now, I'm not saying that you should live like a Zen monk-I didn't do that either. But it does remind us that there are many things in life that are unnecessary. It is very useful for us to think about what we really need and whether it is really important for us to have those unnecessary things. 12, simple life. 1 1 Every corollary of the principle-if something is not necessary-then you can do without them. So a simple life is to get rid of unnecessary and unimportant things as much as possible and leave space for important things. What is important varies from person to person. For me, family, writing, running and reading are all important. For others, perhaps nursing and volunteering, going to church and collecting comic books are important. There is no law that says what should be important to you-but you should consider what is the most important in your life and make room for the important things in your life by eliminating the less important things.