Oneness of Chan and Tea--- Dharma Talk by Venerable Renda

2016-12-10 01-38-22  来源:  作者：  点击:次

Oneness of Chan and tea is what one could experience, and only those who felt it knows how it feels. Using an analogy, only those who sipped the water knows how warm or cold is the water he drank. To experience the oneness, one needs to sit alone and quietly, making and drinking tea again and again. As you conduct such ceremony for enough times, you’ll be able to experience such oneness of Chan and Tea. I once wrote a poem – “Chan Masters and Tea Makers/ Are eventually inseparable / Chan manifest itself in tea making / While tea gets more tasty with Chan. ” This illustrates the inter-dependent relationship of Chan and tea. It is beyond words. You have to drink it and experience it yourself. It is a kind of feeling and awakening.
       禅茶一味，它是一种体验，如人饮水，冷暖自知，就是这个道理。需要一个人，静静地泡，慢慢地品，坚持做。久而久之，你就能体悟到什么是禅茶一味了。老衲有一首诗，里面有几句话，说“禅家与茶坊，两姓莫分张。禅借茶道显，茶倚禅生香。”这就是禅和茶的相倚相存的关系，需要自己品才能知道，不是说出来的。它是品出来的。它是一种体悟。

The word “Chan” in “Chan Practice” or “Chan Concentration” comes from Sanskrit word dhyāna , which means quiet contemplation with a concentrated mind. It is nothing mysterious. Nowadays, many people talk about Chan as if it is very mysterious and beyond our reach; however, it is as simple as that - quiet contemplation with a concentrated mind.
        禅修茶道是借助茶来修行的一种方法。通过茶道十二道工序的演练，能够增强自己的注意力、专注力，能把心静下来，尤其是在我们现在社会状态下，人们的心都比较浮躁，所以练禅修茶道是修心养性、提高生活质量，营造都市慢生活的一种很好的方法。 禅修、禅定，是来自于印度话“禅那”音译过来的。所谓禅那，就是心住一境下的静思惟，它并不神秘。现在有些人把禅定说得非常神秘、高深莫测。这是一种表达方式而已。实际修禅定很简单，就是心住一境下的静思惟。

We practice Chan meditation with tea ceremony, during which the six organs are connected and facilitating one another.
        那么，我们通过禅修茶道来修禅定，在禅修茶道的过程中，它是六根互用的。

The six organs refer to the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body and mind. We see the form of the tea with our eyes, smell it with our noses, taste it with our tongues, hear the sounds with our ears, and touch the tea cups with our hands and body. This is called contact or sensation. The mind also works during this process. We see the six organs collaborating. The six organs contact the six senses, producing the six perceptions, together they are called the eighteen realms. Practicing this way, we could improve our concentration.
       眼、耳、鼻、舌、身、意，这是六根。通过眼观色，鼻闻香，舌尝味，耳朵听着音声，身体、手接触到茶具，这是触受，然后还有第六识的意识的作用，这就六根互用。六根对六尘，形成六识，这是十八界。通过这个修行，来增强你的注意力和专注力。

Conducting the twelve steps of the Chan and Tea ceremony, we could quickly improve our concentration. It is a very good way to practice.
        通过修禅修茶道，这十二道工序的演练，使专注力很快能提高。这样你的禅定也就增进了。这样也就增进了禅定功夫。通过禅修茶道来修禅定，这是个非常好的方法。

Meanwhile, the ceremony could help promote the Chinese Chan and Tea culture, demonstrating sincerity and kindness, cultivating graceful and noble disposition.
       通过演练禅修茶道，能够弘扬中华优秀禅茶文化，展现真诚善良精美艺术，增强庄重典雅高贵气质，提升学人品德文明素养。