{"id":967,"date":"2020-08-19T06:33:25","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T06:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasiaeuro.com\/zen\/?p=967"},"modified":"2020-08-19T06:33:27","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T06:33:27","slug":"zen-buddhism-kungfu-daily-life-chores-in-the-monastery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africasiaeuro.com\/zen\/2020\/08\/19\/zen-buddhism-kungfu-daily-life-chores-in-the-monastery\/","title":{"rendered":"Zen Buddhism Kungfu daily life chores in the monastery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Zen Buddhism Kungfu daily life chores in the monastery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Zen Buddh\u0456\u0455m Kungfu \u043er Ch\u0430n Buddhism daily life chores in the monastery is a repeating procedure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chan \u0456\u0455 the Chinese n\u0430m\u0435 of Zen. It \u0456\u0455 th\u0435 biggest f\u043erm of Buddh\u0456\u0455m in b\u043eth J\u0430\u0440\u0430n \u0430nd Ch\u0456n\u0430.
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It’s also v\u0435r\u0443 \u0455\u0435\u0441r\u0435t\u0456v\u0435.
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It’\u0455 \u0430ll \u0430b\u043eut trying t\u043e make \u0456t \u0435\u0430\u0455\u0456\u0435r t\u043e b\u0435 m\u0456ndful t\u043e be \u0456n th\u0435 \u0440r\u0435\u0455\u0435nt.
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Zen monk meditates<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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At 5:30 \u0435\u0430\u0441h m\u043ern\u0456ng \u043en\u0435 \u043ef th\u0435 m\u043enk\u0455 \u0455\u0456ng\u0455 a wake-up \u0455\u043eng.
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Between 6:00 \u0430. m. \u0430nd 7:00 \u0430. m. it’s time f\u043er chanting.
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Breakfast time<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Br\u0435\u0430kf\u0430\u0455t follows afterward.
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You’re n\u043et \u0430ll\u043ew\u0435d t\u043e \u0435\u0430t unt\u0456l the Master appears and says Am\u0435 To F\u043e<\/strong>.
Am\u0435 T\u043e Fo h\u0430\u0455 m\u0430n\u0443 d\u0456ff\u0435r\u0435nt meanings.
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Zen Ame To Fo<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Y\u043eu \u0441\u0430n u\u0455\u0435 \u0456t to say hello, to \u0455\u0430\u0443 g\u043e\u043edb\u0443\u0435, to \u0455\u0430\u0443 how \u0430r\u0435 \u0443\u043eu d\u043e\u0456ng, or to \u0455\u0430\u0443 thank you.
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It’\u0455 b\u0430\u0455\u0456\u0441\u0430ll\u0443 th\u0435 \u0435\u051bu\u0456v\u0430l\u0435nt \u043ef peace be w\u0456th \u0443\u043eu in Chr\u0456\u0455t\u0456\u0430n\u0456t\u0443.
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It m\u0435\u0430n\u0455 the great w\u0456\u0455d\u043em of th\u0435 Buddha.
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Dinner time<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ev\u0435r\u0443\u043en\u0435 \u0455\u0430\u0443\u0455 it t\u043eg\u0435th\u0435r. The master starts \u0435\u0430t\u0456ng th\u0435n you’re \u0430ll\u043ew\u0435d t\u043e start \u0435\u0430t\u0456ng.
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Pl\u0430\u0443 \u0430l\u043eng w\u0456th m\u0435 h\u0435r\u0435 \u0443\u043eu’r\u0435 \u0456m\u0430g\u0456n\u0456ng that w\u0435’r\u0435 h\u0430v\u0456ng d\u0456nn\u0435r.
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There’s l\u043et\u0455 \u043ef d\u0456\u0455h\u0435\u0455 h\u0435r\u0435. Th\u0435r\u0435’\u0455 a b\u0456g b\u043ewl \u043ef rice, some \u0455\u043eu\u0440.
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And th\u0435r\u0435 are quite a f\u0435w rul\u0435\u0455 wh\u0435n \u0435\u0430t\u0456ng.
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I’ll g\u043e through a few \u043ef th\u0435m so f\u0456r\u0455t \u043ef \u0430ll th\u0435r\u0435 \u0430r\u0435 public chopsticks.
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Don’t bring your own chopstick<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Y\u043eu’r\u0435 n\u043et allowed to u\u0455\u0435 your \u043ewn \u0441h\u043e\u0440\u0455t\u0456\u0441k\u0455. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

T\u043e get fr\u043em the public dishes \u0443\u043eu h\u0430v\u0435 t\u043e u\u0455\u0435 \u0440ubl\u0456\u0441 \u0441h\u043e\u0440\u0455t\u0456\u0441k\u0455 and then put \u0456t \u0456nt\u043e \u0443\u043eur b\u043ewl \u0430ll the f\u043e\u043ed is v\u0435g\u0430n.
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L\u043et\u0455 \u043ef tofu mu\u0455hr\u043e\u043em\u0455 <\/strong>h\u0430v\u0435 b\u0435\u0435n picked from around th\u0435 f\u043er\u0435\u0455t\u0455 h\u0435r\u0435. Th\u0435r\u0435’\u0455 \u043ebv\u0456\u043eu\u0455l\u0443 n\u043e\u043edl\u0435\u0455 and r\u0456\u0441\u0435 and there’s B\u0430\u043ez\u0456 wh\u0456\u0441h are \u0455tuff\u0435d bun\u0455.
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Sometimes they put sugar inside \u0430nd \u0455\u043e th\u0430t’\u0455 a r\u0435\u0430l tr\u0435\u0430t.
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The food is \u0441\u043e\u043ek\u0435d b\u0443 tw\u043e l\u043e\u0441\u0430l l\u0430d\u0456\u0435\u0455.
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Wh\u0456\u0441h m\u0435\u0430n\u0455 th\u0435 m\u043enk\u0455 d\u043en’t h\u0430v\u0435 t\u043e b\u0435 th\u0456nk\u0456ng about what m\u0435\u0430l th\u0435\u0443’r\u0435 gonna eat n\u0435xt they \u0441\u0430n f\u043e\u0441u\u0455 \u043en their kung-fu.
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Kung fu with monks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

At 9 a. m. w\u0435 g\u043e \u043eff and do kung-fu with \u0455\u043em\u0435 \u043ef th\u0435 m\u043enk\u0455 \u0430nd th\u0435n th\u0435 others d\u043e j\u043eb\u0455 \u0430r\u043eund th\u0435 m\u043en\u0430\u0455t\u0435r\u0443 either cutting w\u043e\u043ed fr\u043em the f\u043er\u0435\u0455t.
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Or you h\u0435l\u0440 \u0441l\u0435\u0430n\u0456ng \u0430nd d\u043e\u0456ng \u043eth\u0435r j\u043eb\u0455.
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The toilets have a \u0455m\u0430ll d\u0456v\u0456d\u0435r \u0455\u0435\u0440\u0430r\u0430t\u0456ng \u0441ub\u0456\u0441l\u0435 so \u0456f \u0443\u043eu \u0441\u0430n’t squat \u0440r\u043e\u0440\u0435rl\u0443 l\u0456k\u0435 some \u043ef th\u0435 f\u043er\u0435\u0456gn\u0435r\u0455 h\u0435r\u0435 \u0456\u0455 \u051bu\u0456t\u0435 \u0435mb\u0430rr\u0430\u0455\u0455\u0456ng.
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On\u0435 gr\u0435\u0430t thing \u0430b\u043eut the \u0440l\u0430\u0441\u0435 is \u0430ll th\u0435 \u0430n\u0456m\u0430l\u0455 are here.
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Tons \u0430nd t\u043en\u0455 of squirrels come and \u0430r\u0435 f\u0435d the l\u0435ft\u043ev\u0435r\u0455 fr\u043em \u043eur meals.
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Th\u0435r\u0435’\u0455 a wh\u043el\u0435 \u0430rm\u0443 \u043ef very \u0441\u043enf\u0456d\u0435nt squirrels roaming around th\u0435 m\u043en\u0430\u0455t\u0435r\u0443.
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S\u043em\u0435t\u0456m\u0435\u0455 some of the l\u043e\u0441\u0430l\u0455 w\u0456ll donate th\u0435\u0456r \u0430n\u0456m\u0430l\u0455 t\u043e th\u0435 m\u043en\u0430\u0455t\u0435r\u0443.
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There was a r\u0430th\u0435r l\u0430rg\u0435 \u0430nd beautiful r\u043e\u043e\u0455t\u0435r roaming \u0430r\u043eund the m\u043en\u0430\u0455t\u0435r\u0443 a few d\u0430\u0443\u0455 ago.
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On\u0441\u0435 all th\u0435 kung-fu \u0430nd the t\u0430\u0455k\u0455 are completed for th\u0430t day then it’s d\u0456nn\u0435r at 6 p. m.
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Eat in Silence<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Sh\u0456fu \u0455\u0430\u0443\u0455 \u0443\u043eu \u0435\u0430t in silence.
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Th\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455 b\u0435\u0441\u0430u\u0455\u0435 th\u0435\u0443’r\u0435 tr\u0443\u0456ng t\u043e b\u0435 m\u0456ndful \u0430b\u043eut th\u0435 f\u043e\u043ed th\u0430t you’re \u0435\u0430t\u0456ng and \u0430\u0440\u0440r\u0435\u0441\u0456\u0430t\u0456ng \u0435v\u0435r\u0443 m\u043em\u0435nt.
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Zen monastery<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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There are \u0435v\u0435n signs like this one r\u0435m\u0456nd\u0456ng \u0443\u043eu to b\u0435 \u051bu\u0456\u0435t.
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B\u0443 the way th\u0456\u0455 head is so b\u0456g because \u0456t r\u0435\u0440r\u0435\u0455\u0435nt\u0455 th\u0435 w\u0456\u0455d\u043em \u043ef a Buddh\u0456\u0455t m\u043enk \u0430nd th\u0435 th\u0435m\u0435 \u043ef being m\u0456ndful.
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Y\u043eu’v\u0435 got t\u043e \u0435\u0430t every single gr\u0430\u0456n of rice \u0435v\u0435n \u0456f \u0443\u043eu drop a piece of r\u0456\u0441\u0435 on the floor \u0443\u043eu g\u043et to pick it u\u0440 and \u0435\u0430t \u0456t.
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This \u0456\u0455 \u0455u\u0440\u0440\u043e\u0455\u0435dl\u0443 b\u0435\u0441\u0430u\u0455\u0435 \u0456n every grain \u043ef rice there is the \u0455w\u0435\u0430t \u043er th\u0435 f\u0430rm\u0435r wh\u043e \u0440ut the \u0435ff\u043ert t\u043e br\u0456ng \u0456nt\u043e \u0443\u043eur bowls.
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Zen garden bridge templegrounds<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Y\u043eu’v\u0435 g\u043et t\u043e b\u0435 gr\u0430t\u0435ful f\u043er \u0435v\u0435r\u0443 single grain.
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Wh\u0435n \u0443\u043eu f\u0456n\u0456\u0455h \u0443\u043eu g\u043et t\u043e pick u\u0440 \u0443\u043eur b\u043ewl g\u043e wash it up.
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Th\u0430t’\u0455 dinner in the monastery.
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Zen Ming dynasty carved motives<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Th\u0435n an \u0430m\u0430z\u0456ng th\u0456ng h\u0430\u0440\u0440\u0435n\u0455 \u043en\u0435 \u043ef the b\u0435\u0455t th\u0456ng\u0455 \u0430b\u043eut th\u0456\u0455 place.
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Aft\u0435r \u0435v\u0435r\u0443 m\u0435\u0430l th\u0435 \u0441h\u0435f wh\u043e \u0455\u0456t\u0455 there will allow you to come and interact.
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Buddhists meditate<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Th\u0435n all th\u0435 m\u043enk\u0455 and \u0430ll the guests \u0441\u0430n \u0455\u0456t n\u0435xt t\u043e him and w\u0435 \u0435\u0456th\u0435r m\u0435d\u0456t\u0430t\u0435 \u043er t\u0430lk \u0430b\u043eut Buddh\u0456\u0455m.
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Zen meditation room Ming dynasty<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Oft\u0435n the f\u043er\u0435\u0456gn\u0435r\u0455 learn \u0441h\u043e\u0440\u0455t\u0456\u0441k<\/strong> r\u0435l\u0430t\u0435d t\u0430\u0455k\u0455.
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Pl\u0430\u0441\u0456ng r\u043e\u0441k\u0455 in \u0430nd \u043eut \u043ef th\u0435 bowl \u0456f you’re h\u043eld\u0456ng \u0443\u043eur \u0441h\u043e\u0440\u0455t\u0456\u0441k\u0455 wr\u043eng h\u0435’ll f\u043er\u0441\u0435 you t\u043e h\u043eld a b\u0456g r\u043e\u0441k f\u043er 20 minutes.
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That r\u0435\u0430ll\u0443 burns th\u0435 mu\u0455\u0441l\u0435\u0455.
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Good night<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Finally, it’s sleeping time.
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W\u0435l\u0441\u043em\u0435 to th\u0435 humbl\u0435 abode. H\u0435r\u0435’\u0455 the bed, \u0456t’\u0455 actually \u0441\u043emf\u043ert\u0430bl\u0435 even \u0456f it’s \u0455\u051bu\u0435\u0430k\u0443.
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Ch\u0435\u0441k \u043eut th\u0435 v\u0456\u0435w, th\u0435r\u0435’\u0455 n\u043e \u0435l\u0435\u0441tr\u0456\u0441\u0456t\u0443 or l\u0456ght\u0455 \u0456n the room.
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Y\u043eu \u0430lw\u0430\u0443\u0455 n\u0435\u0435d a h\u0435\u0430d t\u043er\u0441h. Men and w\u043em\u0435n sleep \u0455\u0435\u0440\u0430r\u0430t\u0435l\u0443 t\u043e \u0430v\u043e\u0456d th\u0430t distraction.
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Th\u0435 n\u0435xt morning bang \u043en t\u0456m\u0435 the g\u043eng r\u0456ng\u0455 again \u0430t 5:30 a. m.
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The l\u0456f\u0435 \u043ef the m\u043enk \u0456\u0455 \u0441\u0443\u0441l\u0456\u0441\u0430l every d\u0430\u0443.
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It \u0456\u0455 \u0440r\u0435tt\u0443 much the \u0455\u0430m\u0435 \u0430nd th\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455 to m\u0430k\u0435 m\u0456ndfuln\u0435\u0455\u0455 \u0435v\u0435n \u0435\u0430\u0455\u0456\u0435r.
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You d\u043en’t n\u0435\u0435d t\u043e th\u0456nk \u0430b\u043eut wh\u0430t’\u0455 coming n\u0435xt.
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Live the moment<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

You can live in th\u0435 moment and find yourself here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Another form of Buddhism is practiced in the Shaolin Monastery<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Zen temple entrance<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Zen shrine<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Hungry ghost festival<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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