By Sen no RikyÅ«, 1522-1591When both the host and guesthave exchanged their minds,only then does the water truly boil.Since the garden path is a waybeyond this transient world,why not shake off the dustwhich soils the mind?What is Tea? Simply boiling water,making Tea, and drinking it.Know that this is fundamental.The garden … Continue reading
Can you guess what company I consider to be the most powerful company in all of history? Microsoft maybe, with an annual income and cash stores that surpass the GNI of most small nations? The company that has their foot on the necks of the vast majoriy of personal and … Continue reading
When I first signed on at T Ching as Editor, I was so inspired by this post by Donna Fellman that I rhapsodized about it on my personal blog. Since then, a funny thing has happened. People who google “sage tea” are ending up at my blog.This got me curious. … Continue reading
IN JAPAN, Continued from Part 6One historian avers Rikyu’s fall came about because he was “not indifferent to money” and abused his unrivaled skill as a connoisseur of tea wares to enrich himself and curry favor with the great. Others think it was Rikyu’s irksome appearance of saintliness that event … Continue reading
Merry Christmas! We’d like to share with you Tom Hegg’s poem about how a cup of Christmas tea can transform obstacles into miracles, keeping the traditions of hearth and home alive.Wishing you and yours all the best on this holiday,The T Ching editorial team
Can I surrender to my teapot?a little Chinese purple earthclay called yixinga little teacup, so smalland a pot, faithfully shaped by handshands steeped in tea culturebeckoning me to steep myselfinto teaI rise to meet tea in the midst of my dayand, like the tea steamrising to dissolve into this moment … Continue reading