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
-or-
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
  • Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/72SCSLQ6e5Ncsoc9JlHCWZ?si=FFx90TijQQirD_jD6bA2Ww
  • YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/S%C5%8DmuStation/podcasts

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Hosts

• TJ
• Anthony

Guest

• Tanya

Jiku/Poem

• 拈華微笑（nen ge mi shō）literally means “holding a flower, subtly smiling.”

Information referenced

Sweets

• sakura mochi

Recipe:

https://www.justonecookbook.com/sakura-mochi/

• hanami dango

Recipe:

https://www.justonecookbook.com/hanami-dango/

• kusa mochi

Recipe:

http://www.the350degreeoven.com/2012/06/pastries-pies/yomogi-daifuku-or-kusa-mochi-japanese-mugwort-mochi-with-red-bean-filling/

Koan/Poem:  

Decorate the heart of the beholder, 

for the Buddha of the flower hall

is nowhere else. 

• 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

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Hosts

• Anthony
• TJ
• Lindsey

Hinamatsuri

Jiku

Hana wa kurenai, ha wa midori 
(Flowers are red, leaves are green) 
花ハ紅, 葉ハ緑

-or-

花紅, 葉緑

Alternatively: yanagi wa midori, hana wakurenai (willows are green, flowers are red) 
柳ハ緑、花ハ紅

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