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.
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TeaLife Audio – Episode 75 – Old Dogu
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Hosts
– Adam
– Marius
– Damian
– Anthony
Poem
喚鐘は大と小とに中々に大と、五ツの数を打つ也
Strike a gong or like
To end your guests’ respite
The pattern is five:
Starting first with a strike strong
then weak, mid, mid, ending strong
Main Topic – What to do with old dogu
Information referenced
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– http://tealife.audio/support
TeaLife Audio – Episode 74 – Oles Robiraki
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Host:
– Adam
– Marius
– Anthony
Guests:
– Ula
– Ole Marius
Poem
小板にて濃茶を立てば茶巾をば小板の端に置く物ぞ可し
Where sits the chakin
During the thick tea rite?
At the brazier’s feet
The front edge of the small board
Presents itself as a seat
Topic – Robiraki
Information referenced:
端的底看聻 – Mawari sumi saying
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TeaLife Audio – Episode 73 – Nakaoki
Hosts:
- Adam
- Marius
- Damian
- Anthony
Poem:
餘所などに花を贈らば、其の花は開き過ぎしを遣らぬ物也
yoso nado ni hana wo okuraba, sono hana wa hiraki sugishi wo yaranu mono nari
Flowers in full bloom;
An unwelcome gift to the
Host of chanoyu –
How should one hide their distaste
When the alcove is wilting?
Main Topic: Nakaoki
Information referenced:
The one Taste of Truth: Zen and the Art of Drinking Tea
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