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TeaLife Audio – Episode 78 – Teaching Online
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Hosts
- Adam
- Damian
- Anthony
Poem 52
柄杓にて湯を汲む時の習には、三の心得 有物ぞ可し
hishaku nite yu wo kumu toki no narai ni wa, san no kokoroe arumono zo kashi
For the hishaku
Learn to unlearn these three faults:
“Empty” hishaku
“Dead” shaku and “oil” shaku
Once unlearned, refine further
Main Topic – Teaching Online
Information referenced:
TeaLife Audio – Episode 077 – Year of the dog
Hosts:
– Adam
– Marius
– Anthony
Poem
51. 湯を汲まば 柄杓に心 月の輪 の損ねぬように覺悟して汲め
yu wo kumaba hishaku ni kokoro tsuki no wa no sokonenu yō ni kakugo shite kume
When drawing water
From the kettle you must care
For the crescent moon:
Scoop so you do not damage
This delicate bamboo lune
Main Topic – Year of the Dog
TeaLife Audio – Episode 076 – A Crisis of Tea
Hosts:
– Adam
– Marius
– Damian
POEM
茶入より茶掬ふには心得て初中後すくへそれが秘事也
chaire yori cha tsukū niwa kokoroete syo chū go sukue sore ga hiji nari
Distinguish in three
The manner of scooping tea
From a chaire
Scoop at first, then midst, and end
The secret here does
