Japanese tea ceremony

tearoom

nationality

Japanese

cause of death

suicide

religion

Buddhism

occupation / innovator as

bhikkhu

tea master

is always in danger of becoming like the gaudy dress of court performers. You should act with simplicity in all things.

Cha-no-yu is always in danger of becoming like the gaudy dress of court performers. You should act with simplicity in all things.

is simply to drink tea, knowing that if you just heat the water, your thirst is certain to be quenched. Nothing else is involved.

Cha-no-yu as we now practice it is not the Chano-yu that has been discussed and proclaimed in the past by the accomplished teamen of China and Japan. Neither is it to partake of tea having grasped its essence through scholarly study. It is simply to drink tea, knowing that if you just heat the water, your thirst is certain to be quenched. Nothing else is involved.

is able to be made with just a simple kettle; it is foolish to possess too many utensils.

With just a simple kettle, you can make tea; it is foolish to possess too many utensils.

is naught but this: First you heat the water. Then you steep the tea. Then you drink it properly. That is all you need to know.

Tea is naught but this: / First you heat the water. / Then you steep the tea. / Then you drink it properly. / That is all you need to know.

is a place where long-standing tradition has always prohibited idle chit chat about worldly matters.

Long-standing tradition has always prohibited idle chit chat about worldly matters in the tearoom.

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