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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 »
margie
Most of Issoan tea classes are in the evening and students often come right from work or right from fighting traffic to get to the school. We usually begin our class with about 10-15 minutes... More »
margie
In the course of my lessons for chado I had to drive across town after work to get to class. That meant fighting traffic for 45 minutes to an hour, struggling into kimono and sitting... More »
margie
One of the most difficult things about chado is sitting seiza for long periods of time. I have written about my struggles with sitting on my knees and suffering with the cramps, the pain and... More »
margie
There are days when I just go into the tea room to sit. Sometimes, just for 15 minutes. It is not necessarily zazen meditation, but just as a refuge from modern life. The walls of... More »
margie
In chanoyu, the scroll sets the theme for the tea gathering. It is displayed in the tokonoma, or alcove and is probably the most important utensil in the tea room. By convention, the scroll for... More »
margie
Your mom probably told you to do this as a kid. As an adult and a tea student, we know that we cannot depend on anyone else to clean up our messes. My sensei used... More »
margie
I really don't go to tea lessons or tea class at least I don't call it that. It just seems inadequate to what I am doing. When people ask where I go every week after... More »
margie
In many ways I can say that I live to get through this moment. That is, I cannot imagine what will happen next week, nor remember what I had for breakfast without stopping to think. ... More »
margie
stone Buddha so serene, so good unlike me
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