Buddhist brother birthday gift can send tea cups and tea?
B: yes, you can. Tea has a special status in zen Buddhism. Zen tea is very exquisite.
Tang dynasty zhaozhou from think Jackson in zhaozhou Berlin temple (then called the goddess of mercy hospital) presided over 40 years, has a "tea", "court before the cypress child" and so on several famous lots to set out. One of the most famous is the "tea to" set out. More than 1000 years ago, there are two monks coming from a distant land zhaozhou, how ask zhaozhou Jackson is zen. Zhaozhou Jackson asked one of them, "have you ever been to?" The man replied, "no." Zhaozhou Jackson said: "the tea!" Zhaozhou Jackson turned to another monk, ask: "do you come?" The monk said: "I have been to." Zhaozhou Jackson said: "the tea!" At this time, lead the two monks come to the zhaozhou Jackson conference is curiously ask: "master, how to let him eat tea to you, have not been to you also let him eat tea?" Zhaozhou Jackson called the name of the conference, conference consented, zhaozhou Jackson said: "tea!" For "tea to" these three words have always also different opinions, self-govern-ment zen has pointed to the heart of power, and thus laid the zhaozhou Berlin temple was the home of "zen tea blindly".
Can not only, and is very good. Tea is one of the important adjuvant tool, Buddha's disciples practice known as "zen tea blindly" say, because of zen and tea, with tea and zen, which is characteristic of Buddhism
