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Zen and tea scrolls

Posted on Jul 6th, 2009 by margie : Tea Ceremony Instructor margie

I'd like to post a link to Phillytea blog . Morgan took very good notes during Roshi's talk about Zen and tea scrolls. Much better than mine. Please go check it out. In the meantime... More »

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Did you have enough tea?

Posted on Jun 26th, 2009 by margie : Tea Ceremony Instructor margie

Tea in the living room Tea on the dock Tea on the Patio Double Tea Open Tea Simultaneous Tea Photos courtesy of Bettina, Rebecca, and Morgan Sharing tea together in the lovely and intimate setting... More »

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Mizuya work

Posted on Jun 23rd, 2009 by margie : Tea Ceremony Instructor margie

At the Friends in Tea conference, the tea space was improvised, so there was no mizuya to prepare for chakai . Thanks to our resourceful mizuya cho , Jan, she set up a temporary space... More »

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Just dye your heart with Chanoyu

Posted on Jun 21st, 2009 by margie : Tea Ceremony Instructor margie

During the Friends in Tea conference, there were two formally scheduled chakai, the opening chakai the first day and the closing chakai on the last day. In between, there was what they called open chakai.... More »

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Take a left before you get to the Buddha

Posted on Jun 19th, 2009 by margie : Tea Ceremony Instructor margie

Certainly I am not a Zen student, I know very little about Zen. But I was on my way to the yoga class at the Dai Bosatsu Zen monastery, andI didn't know how to get... More »

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Chabako, tea anywhere

Posted on Jun 19th, 2009 by margie : Tea Ceremony Instructor margie

It was a little early for me to sit zazen at 4:30 am with the monks, but I did get up for the 6:00 Chabako tea that was planned for that morning. We were to... More »

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