Introduction to agricultural Zen

Agricultural Zen is not only the economic basis for the survival and development of ancient temples in China, but also the compulsory "enlightenment" method for monks. Zen monks integrated Zen with Nong Rong, and their living habits and practices of understanding Taoism through agriculture promoted the formation and development of agricultural Zen system. Long-term reclamation of wasteland, "no food for a day" is the biggest feature of agricultural Zen. At the same time, the agricultural production of Zen Temple with a certain scale has also had an important impact on the development of Zen culture in China, forming a cultural tradition of "paying equal attention to agriculture and Zen". Therefore, we say that agricultural Zen culture is an important part of Zen culture in China. Agricultural Zen, as an important part of Zen culture in China, was once the economic basis for the development of Zen temples in China. After the founding of New China, after ten years of Cultural Revolution, the system of "combining agriculture with Zen" in Chinese mainland was basically destroyed. With the in-depth development of China's reform and opening up, in recent years, many Buddhist monks are trying to restore the "farming and Zen life". Shaolin Temple in Yujin Street, Qingyuan City, Guangdong Province, founded by Zen master Dezheng Shi in Wuxi, opened the first "Zen Farm Hall", which restored the "agricultural Zen" life that disappeared in history and opened the way for the revival of agricultural Zen culture in Zen culture.