Zen and Tea Learning

Zen and Tea Learning
Everyday Meditation
Tea and the Samurai
Tea School Structure
The Certificate System
Entering the Gate
Teachers and Students
On and Giri
Basic Lessons
The First Tea Preparation
The Tray Ceremony

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A young girl with long red hair sits on her knees whisking tea. She wears a pink shirt and matching socks with black pants. In front of her is a tray with a tea bowl and various tea utensils. On the far side of the tray, an iron water pot sits on a small green ceramic brazier. Her lesson takes place in a tea room with tatami mats.

First Lesson

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Lecture Notes

Studying tea ritual is a lifetime discipline. The body of knowledge related to tea ritual is so vast that no one person can completely master it.

Zen and Tea Learning

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Lecture Notes