Tea Life Audio
Tea Life Audio is a podcast about Japanese Tea Ceremony and related arts. This is a round table show, with an open discussion about Tea. The show has three hosts who have several decades of combined experience with Tea ceremony.
Each episode follows a similar structure of: Announcements, Banter, Anecdote, and Main Tea topic.
If you have any comments about our show or a given episode please go to our forum and leave a comment.
Lates blog posts
TeaLife Audio – Ep 165 – Miokuri
Hosts
- Marius
- Anthony
- Adam
- Aaron
- Ula
- TJ
Miokuri – The last episode of TeaLife Audio
Jiku
壺中日月長
kochū nichigetsu nagashi
Sacred time/place, found at the bottom of a jar
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Days and nights are long inside the jar (this is more literal)
Information Refererenced:
- Every day is a good day – https://amzn.to/45PI7uo
- Tea Life Tea Mind – https://amzn.to/3Lcq2wW
- Wind in the Pines – https://amzn.to/3xJnH9I
- Adams podcast
TeaLife Audio – Ep 164 – Hanamatsuri
Hosts
- TJ
- Anthony
Guest
- Tanya
Jiku/Poem
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拈華微笑(nen ge mi shō)literally means “holding a flower, subtly smiling.”
Information referenced
Sweets
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sakura mochi
Recipe:
https://www.justonecookbook.com/sakura-mochi/
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hanami dango
Recipe:
https://www.justonecookbook.com/hanami-dango/
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kusa mochi
Recipe:
Koan/Poem:
Decorate the heart of the beholder,
for the Buddha of the flower hall
is nowhere else.
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Master Yodo
Excerpted from: The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-five Centuries of Awakened Women – edited by Florence Caplow and Susan Moon
Associated study materials:
- Zen Flowers: Chabana for the Tea Ceremony – Henry Mittwer
- The Art of Chabana: Flowers for the Tea Ceremony – Henry Mittwer
- The Woman Who Raised the Buddha: The Extraordinary Life of Mahaprajapati – Wendy Garling
- The Denial of Death – Ernest Becker
- Wagashi: The Art of Japanese Confectionery – Kazuya Takaoka, Mutsuo Takahashi, Hiroshi Yoda
Tea room map showing calendar aligning Hana Matsuri and nijiri-guchi:
https://www.chanoyudecoded.com/writings/april-in-japan-following-elephants/
Photo of Hana Mi Dō
TeaLifeAudio – Ep 163 – Hinamatsuri
Hosts
- Anthony
- TJ
- Lindsey
Hinamatsuri
Jiku
Hana wa kurenai, ha wa midori
(Flowers are red, leaves are green)
花ハ紅, 葉ハ緑
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花紅, 葉緑
Alternatively: yanagi wa midori, hana wakurenai (willows are green, flowers are red)
柳ハ緑、花ハ紅