First of all, let me introduce Putuo Temple in Zhuhai, which is the temple where short-term monk classes are held.
Putuo Temple in Zhuhai is located in Dongkeng, Zhuhai, formerly known as Huaiyan Ancient Temple. Since 2000, Putuo Temple, a garden-like Buddhist shrine, was built by the abbot of the first monk. A number of highly educated monks have developed in the temple, with dozens of outstanding monks. The temple offers courses such as lay classes and precepts of the Eight Official Pavilion all the year round, and holds short-term monk activities or English summer camps from time to time, and charitable activities such as public welfare classes, reading clubs, poverty alleviation, old-age care and helping the disabled emerge one after another. At the same time, in order to promote traditional culture, courses such as painting and calligraphy, guqin, guzheng and Zen tea are offered free of charge. In addition, the temple also has a charity Chinese medicine clinic and a book circulation office to benefit the country and the people. The second phase of the project is also preparing to build charitable platforms such as hospice care and nursing homes.
Moreover, the short-term monk class I participated in is also of a public welfare nature.
On the first day of entering the temple, our task was to report for duty and get familiar with the environment.
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The day I reported to Putuo Temple was July 23rd. Request/kloc-report at 0/2 o'clock. When/kloc-0 arrived at 0: 30, most of the senior brothers had already reported for duty. Dormitories are arranged from the second floor to the third floor to the fifth floor, and I am almost in the last few.
After submitting the physical examination form and checking the ID card, 200 yuan deposit was paid in the living room, and each person received a floor card and two sets of Buddhist clothes (men also had two sets of Buddhist clothes). Upon graduation, the deposit will be refunded in full for the delivery card and clothes. However, during these eleven days of temple life, we spent nothing on study (including accommodation). After having a lecture outline, a notebook, stationery printed with Putuo Temple, pens, camp rules and some money printed with spells, I took my floor card and room card and went to the dormitory in Room 507 upstairs in Liuhe, which the masters called "a squatter". This is where I will stay 1 1 day.
I didn't expect Master Zhicheng, who signed my application form, to be an usher in our group, haha.
Second, accommodation.
There is a dormitory for six people, with bunk beds. Hotel-style room card opens the door. There are air conditioners, drinking fountains, wardrobes, lockers, bedside tables, chairs, sofas and slippers in the room. Bedclothes are neatly placed on the bed. There is a kettle, tea set and alarm clock on the table, a clothes hanger in the wardrobe, a box of bottled mineral water in the corner, a garbage bag in the drawer, a water heater in the bathroom, cups, toothpaste, toothbrush, shampoo, washing powder, comb and paper towels. There are even two buckets and a washbasin available.
After reading it, we all sighed: I didn't expect the temple to keep pace with the times and be more prepared than at home. This environment is too good. In such a good environment, I don't study hard, as if I am sorry for the good intentions of the masters. Send a photo of the dormitory to a friend, and the friend says: What air conditioner do you want? Isn't practicing is suffering? ) One person sends a big cattail leaf fan! )
We are also deeply ashamed. We are not here to practice, but to enjoy. Therefore, although the air conditioning in our dormitory is not strong, and my bed is the hottest place, everyone has a very spiritual attitude and does not require maintenance. As a result, for eleven days, I went to sleep on the sofa in the middle of the night every day, and then went back to sleep in the dead of night.
Looking from the squatter where we live, the opposite is the squatter of the gentlemen.
Third, personnel.
There are six people in the dormitory. They all come from several different places, including Zhuhai, Foshan and Shenzhen, and a senior is from Taiwan Province Province. Brother said that she lives in Macau and knows Putuo Temple, so she signed up when she saw a monk class this time.
After getting familiar with fellow initiates in the class, I realized that most of the total *** 120 in this issue came from other places, not to mention Guangzhou, Jiangmen and Shantou near the province, but as far away as Hainan, Fujian, Shandong, Jiangsu, Shaanxi, Beijing and Tianjin. It can be seen that this short-term monk class has a wide influence.
Highly educated is also a highlight of this monk class. 120, 40 men, 60% with bachelor degree or above, 80 women, 40% with bachelor degree or above. There are many university teachers among them.
Of course, the most lovely children are a group of children from Zhuhai and Jieyang, and a dozen innocent and lively children, ranging in age from 9 to 17, are a highlight of the class. After class, the children gathered together, holding Master's hand and eating ice cream together, which became a scene in the temple.
(well, take a sneak shot of the little guys. Leave for a few days, miss them)
Fourth, diet.
The place to eat in the temple is called the five senses hall.
Wuguantang is called Zhaitang, also known as Ji Xiang Kitchen.
According to the precepts of monks, there are five ways to observe before eating: one is to observe whether the food source is clean; Second, whether one's virtue is suitable for this kind of food; Don't be greedy for a good meal, be obsessed with a taste of China, and be angry with a bad taste; Four-view food is medicine, which is to treat dryness; The five views are the way to achieve things and should be eaten by this.
The vegetarian dishes in Wuguantang are very rich and delicious. Breakfast includes rice porridge, steamed bread, fried noodles, sweet potatoes and at least five or six kinds of side dishes. There are rice, soup (sometimes mung bean syrup) and seven or eight vegetarian dishes for lunch and dinner. You can add Tonga food at will until you are full. There are fruits or biscuits after lunch. Fruit is not cut into plates or pieces, but like this:
I'm a little worried every time I get fruit. It's too big. How to eat? Besides, I didn't eat after noon on the 26th, so I didn't have a chance to eat.
After staying in the temple for two days, my roommate lamented: I feel fat after eating so well every day!
At every meal, we queue up in groups and eat in the five senses hall. Sit down on the bench in turn, and first put your bowl and chopsticks in front of the table-the rice bowl and soup bowl are placed flat on the edge of the table, and the chopsticks are placed horizontally in front of you. When the masters are in place one by one, the monk on duty will lead us to recite the offerings. When eating, before eating, you should also recite a sacrifice song, thank you for your kindness.
At this time, the brothers in the Tang Dynasty, led by the "Fantou" master who specializes in five senses soup, brought us rice, soup and vegetables and filled our bowls with food one by one. (Of course, in the next ten days, the staff in the main hall changed from volunteers to us. Every day, we guard the main hall in two groups, distributing meals and loading dishes for monks. )
Of course, these rules are just a form for me when I first came into contact with them. Anyway, just follow the master and the brothers.
What impressed me the most was that I didn't talk all the time in the military attache hall, that is, I was forbidden to talk and look around. That is, "eat well while eating."
If you don't talk, what should I do with rice and Tonga?
Don't worry, adding rice to the soup, even the dryness and appetite of the soup, have certain gestures, such as; If you want to add vegetables and soup, you can push the bowl to the table. If you want to decorate food less, you can turn your thumb and little finger upside down. If you don't want some food, you can put your hand up. So, I use my palms up these days, and my thumb and little finger are the most skilled. )
In addition, there is an important criterion for eating, that is, serving rice bowls.
Master said that it was the beast who bent down to eat with the rice bowl on the table.
Fifth, our courses:
As you can see, the time to get up on the schedule is 4: 30. Actually, 4: 30 is the assembly time. If you really arrive outside Puguang Temple according to this time, then, I'm sorry, it will be Master Ming Jie's board waiting for you. So our dormitory usually gets up before four o'clock, because six people have to take turns to wash and go to the toilet. I have never tried to get up so early. I didn't know the real meaning of having an alarm clock in the dormitory until I handed in my mobile phone-otherwise I must have overslept.
So our daily schedule is like this:
Get up at 4 o'clock,
Assemble at 4: 30,
The morning class at five o'clock,
Have breakfast at six,
After a short rest, I returned to my class at 7: 30 to recite Buddha.
Class begins at 8: 00- 10: 30.
1 1 order lunch,
11:30-13: 30 to have a rest, or use this time to say a mantra and prepare for the closing debate;
13: 30 to recite Buddha;
14: 00— 16: 30;
17: 00 Maifanshi (on July 26th, men shaved, and women began to eat after noon, during which they could rest for one hour).
18: 00 evening self-study
/kloc-class begins at 0/9: 00-20: 30.
2 1: 00 as the case may be, or continue the class, study spells in groups, discuss and debate, or go back to rest.
Back to the dormitory every day, all six people have finished washing, usually at eleven o'clock or even later.
Do you feel particularly enriched after reading this course?
Sixth, hand in your mobile phone and concentrate on practicing.
On the first day of registration, we have been in a state of excitement and anxiety, both for the freshness of temple life and for the provisions of the camp rules about handing in mobile phones. Confused between paying and not paying, and lucky, I have been secretly looking for opportunities to shoot my mobile phone, for fear of forgetting this rare experience in my life in the long river of years (in fact, it is impolite). Take photos when visiting the five halls, while visiting the temple, and take photos in the evening class. I went back to the classroom at night and was still taking pictures, so I got this picture:
In the picture, what Master Anguo said at that time was: "Don't you want to hand in your mobile phone? Why are you still shooting? "
After the lecture, the volunteers brought a stack of plastic bag stickers-so they really have to hand them in!
Well, without the mobile phone as a medium of contact and recording, it seems that the next days can only be remembered, seen and felt with heart!
(To be continued)