Tea and Zen

Author: Ito Kojun
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: First, enter this state of meditation as an experience, thereby realizing profound Zen meaning, and further truly understand the taste of tea, reaching the realm of "tea and Zen are one in taste," and grasping the spirit of the tea ceremony "harmony, respect, purity, tranquility." While sitting in a tea room with only four and a half tatami mats, enjoy the feeling of sitting in a deep mountain valley, listen to the continuous boiling sound in the kettle, and experience the wonderful sound of pine wind. The mind becomes lost in nature, expanding the "small self" into the "great self," and opening up a marvelous realm where heaven and earth are one. This is the state of "threefold joy" in the tea ceremony, and the meaning of being integrated with Zen also lies in this.