In people's imagination, monks' daily life must be very leisurely, either morning bells and evening drums, blue lights and yellow rolls, or eat, drink, and have nothing to do. But in fact, life in the temple is more boring and bitter than imagined.

Monks are a very special group.

In people's imagination, monks must have very leisurely daily life, either morning bells and evening drums, blue lights and yellow rolls, or eat, drink, and have nothing to do.

But in fact, life in the temple is more boring and bitter than imagined. The monks stood up when they heard the bell, slept when they heard the drum, went to the hall when they heard the plaque, and passed by the hall when they heard the bang. This was the case every day, and it was the same every month.

First, morning clock. The morning bell is called "Kaijing" in Buddhist temples. It is usually ringed at 5 a.m. to wake people who are sleeping to get up to do morning classes or work. The morning bell rings also means that a new day has begun.

The signal of getting up is sent to the big bell in the bell tower. big bell has to be beaten for three periods, each array is 36, and it is 108 rings in total, which means that 108 kinds of troubles must be cut off; after the bell rings, it is morning drum. When the morning drum beats, four sounds of wind, rain, thunder and lightning must be beaten; these sounds are to awaken the monks to get up and start chanting!

Second, the morning hall, the Great Hall is a sacred place, here, monks must stand according to their own position and start to recite the hall; during this period, no one can leave the hall without the permission of the presidency monk;

Third, the ceremony, the ceremony means eating. The unique ritual system in the Chinese Chinese Buddhist jungle, the breakfast and lunch hops are the main method of eating. It regards eating as an important method of practice, and occupies an important position in the life of the monks, and is the unity of Buddhist thought and etiquette. While everyone was holding their hands and lowered their eyebrows and chanting the "Public Mantra", dozens of monks in blue held wooden barrels and began to share meals for everyone, one dish, one meal and one soup. According to Buddhist rituals, everyone eats quietly and is not allowed to speak.

Fourth, sit in meditation. "Walking is also Zen, sitting is also Zen, speaking, silence, movement, stillness and body are peaceful." This is a high-level meditation that is not easy for beginners to do, so I won't talk about it for now. Here we only talk about formal meditation, but it should be noted that meditation does not mean sitting withered. Mazu said, "Why not make a mirror when grinding a brick, how can you become a Buddha when you sit with your hands?"

Fifth, evening hall, after dinner, we have to start preparing for evening hall. When the bell of the hall rings 30 times, we must start gathering in the hall and start evening hall reciting class;

Sixth, quiet, at nine o'clock in the evening, the temple will send a signal of quietness, and at this time, the monks and nuns will start to prepare to sleep and rest;

This is the life of monks and nuns in the temple for a day. In today's society, everyone has mixed opinions on monks and nuns. What do you think about this?