dc.description.abstract | The kitchen of the monastery has a refined name – “fragrance accumulated kitchen”. Although it is not the mystical forbidden area, actually is not the place in which numerous people worships Buddha and attaches oneself to him. The very few people are for visit this deserted kitchen to visit the monastery, but this isolated area is to maintain the health and lives of many monks important place. Fragrance accumulated derived in the “Vimalakirti Sutra”, and it refers to the original meaning of the Buddha and rice of the land of fragrances. Most of the Tang, Song poet used the original meaning, which included poetry. Their poetry is sometimes referred to the kitchen, is the “Samgha kitchen” or “Vegetarian kitchen” in the name. After Southern Song Dynasty, the writers write poetry, China opera, novels gradually emerging “fragrance accumulated kitchen” to use, although rarely mentioned, there is a rich metaphor hiding there.
“Famous masters from the fragrance accumulated kitchen”. Fragrance accumulated kitchen has become an important place for the training; this change is a manifestation of the Buddhist been Chinese assimilation and secularized. The 5Ws of fragrance accumulated kitchen has changed with the times and environment. So, Chinese Buddhists eating patterns can be classified as “begging for food” , “formed the monastery”, “danapati support”, “kalpiya support”, “Zenic agriculture self-sufficiency”, “monks and nuns were same monastery,” and “volunteer help”. The members, regulations, rites, discipline, taboo and training of fragrance accumulated kitchen have many points worth exploring. Does the traditional Buddhist precepts must be use “rules adapted for special circumstances” or “Give up no detailed regulations” to adapt to Chinese society, or useless? This is Buddhism into China and was secular and sacred the necessary course.
In this study, “Monastery kitchen” is the main field. Try to use 5Ws to explore the relevance and change of the monastery kitchen which exist or not. And made into a complete data compilation and try to establish a fragrance accumulated kitchen integrity features. | en_US |