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Lost in Kyoto
This morning I decided to venture out to Kyoto tower. Once again, it was really refreshing to venture off on my own for a while. The snow was beautiful and the weather was actually warm in the morning. I had … Continue reading
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Day 6: Noh: ikkaku sennin and hakurakuten; Kyoto Tower
Today, we were free until noonish, so I met up with an old friend from japan that I knew from the summer. We actually met when we got of the plane from canada and travelled to Tokyo from Narita together. He’s … Continue reading
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January 14th: Tea Ceremony
Today we met with Dairiki Amae-san and got the opportunity to Experience his style of Tea ceremony and the preparation involved. There were a couple things that stood out to me as vital to a “successful” tea ceremony which Dairiki … Continue reading
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Day 5: Tea Ceremony
I spent a lot of time listening today, and less time writing down notes, so I might have lost a few things; however I thought it best to be perfectly in the moment. The jotting of notes is done by … Continue reading
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Tagged buddhism, meditation, tea ceremony, wabisabi, zen
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The sun, the snow, and a simple cup of tea
The multifaceted experiential element of tea is something that I hadn’t understood until today. I drink a lot of tea, and I love green tea, but I’ve always thought about I’d always thought of tea as something to be consumed. Moreover, … Continue reading
1/14/17: Tea Ceremony
The main feature of today was a tea ceremony with Dairik. We started the tea ceremony by picking up the water and sweets we would be using. He emphasized that tea ceremonies were the product of several different disciplines coming … Continue reading
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Day Five: Tea Ceremony
January 14th, 2017 One of the days I was most excited for was today since it would be Louisa and my turn to interview the subject of our presentation, Mr. Dairiku (Derek) Amae! As a student of tea ceremony at … Continue reading
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Day 5: Tea
Have you ever thought about the mechanics of drinking tea? The symbolism? The history? Today’s adventure touched on all those questions when we met Amae-san who is a more modern practitioner of the ages old tea ceremony. We got spring … Continue reading
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Day 5: Tea Ceremony
Today we met Dairiku Amae (Derek), who taught us a bit about tea ceremony and the way that he goes about teaching it. When we first began, everything seemed very formal. The zaputon were arranged neatly around a hearth embedded … Continue reading
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Tea Ceremony
Today was all about tea ceremony. The first thing we did was carry spring water from a shrine well. Dairik talked about how the ability to access clean water is an often forgotten blessing. I really enjoyed starting the morning on … Continue reading
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