Diet and daily life are the same as ordinary people, try to be vegetarian and light, eat light and clean, and be relatively dull and clean in body and mind. Try to reduce greed in behavior, I have been saying in my heart. Simply put, it is a generation of ideas. When this thought is pure, all troubles and delusions are extinguished. This is the function of words used in meditation.
It's best to learn more about Zen and read books related to meditation:
Notes on the head of Zen Buddhism
The opening record of the old monk coming.
Xu Yun, the old monk, recorded.
Six ancestors altar sutra
Diamond Sutra
Among them, "Explaining the Old Monk in China" is the most perfect introduction to Zen at present, and it is also the only material for learning Zen. The old monk from Laiguo and the old monk Xu Yun are both well-known enlightened people in modern times, so what they said can't be wrong.
See more first, and then go to the Zen Dojo for actual experience. I know there are "Gaomin Temple", "Shinnyoji" and "Hongfa Temple" in Zen Dojo. You can go and have a look, and you will get something.
There are also meditation halls and monasteries that insist on meditation. What I know is:
Yangzhou Gaomin Temple, an ancient temple rebuilt by an old Zen master, is now an old Zen master. Gaomin Temple Zhaitang is the place where Xu Yun, an old monk, achieved enlightenment. Since its restoration, the temple has always adhered to the jungle system and has the most rigorous meditation system formulated by the old monks from other countries. The seventh Zen is very famous every year. Before and after Zen He Zi came here to participate in Zen, there were thousands of people at home and abroad, and the old monk Linde was still enlightened himself at the age of 97. Gaomin Temple meditation hall is also the largest meditation hall in China.
Shinnyoji, Yongxiu County, Jiangxi Province, is a temple built by Xu Yun, a great modern Zen master. There are two meditation halls. The meditation hall is not very big, but the atmosphere is very good. During the seventh meditation, I felt back to ancient times. The temple is surrounded by mountains and the environment is extremely beautiful.
Shenzhen Hongfa Temple, which is the temple of the contemporary great Zen master Ben Huan. Old monk Ben Huan is 105 years old this year, and he personally goes out during the Seventh Zen every year. I haven't been to Hongfa Temple Zen Hall, but I have watched videos online.
Wutai Mountain Liang Qing Temple and Pushou Temple, which is the largest Zhong Ni Dojo in China. It is said that the 98-year-old monk Meng Shen is there to talk about the Huayan Sutra, which I have never been to. Monk Monk Monk is also a contemporary Zen master, but I don't know if there is a meditation hall there.
Both Gaomin Temple and Hongfa Temple have websites, and there are Zen videos online, so you can learn about them first. These monasteries have well-trained Zen abbots, which are very rare Dojo.
You can communicate at any time if you have any questions. I am a student, too.
In addition, there is Qingyuan Temple in Ji 'an, Jiangxi Province, which is the temple of an old monk who is a great virtue of modern Zen. It is not clear who the abbot is now, and I don't know if there is a seventh Zen. The old monk who is enlightened and virtuous is also admired by the old monk Xu Yun.
Don't go to QQ group, the people are mixed, most of them are at sixes and sevens, and there are countless mistakes and few right ones. I'm afraid this is very misleading to you. I used to have some Zen QQ groups, but later I retired, and there were too many false statements, which did no harm at all.