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Topic Kyle and Shifuku
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Topic Ichi Go Ichi E
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“10. Concerning the manner as a guest: attention should be given to building a unified gathering, There are may secretly transmitted provisions. For the sake of beginners, Jōō spoke of htis matter. At present, however, [such provisions] are rejected by Rikyū. He revealed bits and pieces during a nightfall tea gathering. To begin with, even during a morning or an evening gathering, and needless to say a gathering for the first showing of the jar of new tea, or even an ordinary chanoyu, from the moment you enter the garden pathway until the time you depart, hold the host in most respectful esteem, in the spirit that that encounter will occur but once in your life 一期ニ一度ノ会ノヤウニ.”
“The gathering in chanoyu is spoken of as ‘a single encounter in a lifetime’ (ichigo ichie). Thus, although the same host and guests may come together a number of times, when one considers that one cannot return again to the gathering of this very day, one realises it indeed occurs but once in one’s life. Therefore, the host is meticulously attentive to all things, applying deep mindfulness and complete sincerity so that there be not the slightest negligence. And the guest, fully discerning the preciousness of the circumstances leading to the gathering, should be sensitive to the host’s intentions not to be remiss in what is meant by ‘a single encounter in a lifetime’.”
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Wind in The Pines – Hirota
Tea Life Tea Mind – Soshitsu Sen XV
The Old Tea Seller – Baisao/Waddell
Zen in the Art of The Tea Ceremony – Hammitzsch
One Taste Of Truth – Wilson
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Main topic – Changes
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86. 盆石をかざりし時の掛物に、山水などはさしあひと知れ
bonseki wo kazari shi toki no kakemono ni, sansui nado wa sashiai to shire
If in the alcove a bonseki is employed,
Know that hanging a sansui landscape scroll invites a clash you ought avoid
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85. 点前には重きを軽く軽きをば重く扱ふ味ひをしれ
temae niwa omoki wo karuku, karuki woba omoku atsukau ajiwai wo shire
Handle things light as though they are heavy, and things heavy as though light
Skilfully weaving opposites creates beauty in the tea rite
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Topic 道学実
84. なまるとは手つづき早く又おそく、所々のそらはぬをいう
namaru towa tetsuzuki hayaku mata osoku, tokoro-dokoro no sorowanu wo iu
An obtuse temae starts and stops without rhythm: slow fast slow fast slow;
Dull air, dense communication with nowhere to go
Info referenced:
– https://chanoyutah.com/foundation-stones-of-cha-do-do-gaku-jitsu/
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83. 一手前立る內には善し惡しを、有無の心の分かちをも知る hito
temae tateru uchi ni wa yoshi ashi wo, umu no kokoro no wakachi wo mo shiru
During a temae have no thought for “right” or “wrong” Know that even a discerning mind entertains thoughts that do not belong
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Topic – Tea
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81. 風炉濃茶必ず釜に水さすと一筋に思ふ人はあやまり
furo koicha kanarazu kama ni mizu sasu to hitosuji ni omou hito wa ayamari
Koicha at furo adds fresh water to the kama before hot water is taken
But form for form’s sake is surely mistaken
Information referenced
Tochū Tea to use as an alternative to matcha:
https://www.uedasokochanoyu.com/store/tea-1/toch%C5%AB-caffeine-free/
Enquiries on Korean teas, including malcha:
https://www.teaguildinternational.com/
Taiwanese Oolong:
https://www.teafromtaiwan.com/
Spill the Tea (Norway):
https://spillthetea.no/
Pào Chá (France):
https://pao-cha.com/
Adam’s recommendations for setting out in the wide world of tea:
Korea
◉ Jakseol or ‘Sparrow’s tongue’ green tea used in the Darye, Korean tea ceremony
◉ Malcha, Korean matcha
◉ Puruncha, Korean ‘blue tea’ or oolong
Japan
◉ Tochū ‘matcha’ is great as an alternative to matcha. Can be used in place of matcha for usucha, used to practice ‘koicha’ and for late night keiko (caffeine-free)
◉ Mulberry ‘matcha’ (Japanese: kuwa-cha) discussed in Eisai Myōan’s Kissa Yōjōki. Can be used for usucha.
South America
◉ Mate from Argentina or Brazil “mate” (ma-té) as an alternative to matcha. Can be used for usucha.
China
◉ Pu-erh
◉ Green/Raw Pu-erh
◉ Wu Yi oolongs from Fujian Province e.g. Da Hong Po
◉ Phoenix Mountain oolongs from Guanong Province e.g. Dancong
Taiwan
◉ Dong Ding
◉ Alishan