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• Aaron
• Adam
• Anthony
• Ula

Topic – Personalities in Tea

Poem 96

茶はさびて心はあつくもてなせよ道具はいつも有合にせよ  

cha wa sabite kokoro wa atsuku motenase yo dōgu wa itsumo ariai ni se yo
In an impoverished setting, serve tea from a rich heart

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• Adam
• Anthony
• Marius

Topic – Mizusashi

Poem

Purity is awakening the heart through what we do
use pristine cloth, whisks, chopsticks, picks and ladles; draw and boil water anew水と湯と茶巾茶筅に箸楊枝柄杓と心あたらしきよし
mizu to yu to chakin chasen ni hashi yōji hishaku to kokoro atarashiki yoshi

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– Anthony

– Marius

Guest

T J (Shōnen 正念) DeZauche

Poem

Take care in the manner you whisk the chasen through the tea
The tines of the ’boo shouldn’t scrape the floor of the bowl violently
                   茶を点てば茶筅に心よくつけて茶碗の底へ強くあたるな
cha o tateba chasen ni kokoro yoku tsukete chawan no soko e tsuyoku ataru na

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