In the japanese tea ceremony (Chanoyu), the host uses a silk cloth („Fukusa“ 袱 紗) to clean the utensils. These utensils are primarily tea container (Natsume, Chaire) teaspoon (chashaku) The Fukusa consists of a piece of silk that is only folded on one edge and sewn on the other three edges. It is almost square, […]
The chashaku is an object which is used mainly for tea ceremony purpose. There is not really a practical function in matcha preparation in daily life, except for the dosage maybe.From a practical point of view, in tea ceremony the spoon is used for taking the Macha powder out of the tea caddy- and to […]
„The practice of Zen is forgetting the self in the act of uniting with something.“ – Koun Yamada „Life isn’t as serious as the mind makes it out to be.“ – Eckhart Tolle „If you are unable to find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?“ – Dogen […]
Chado, the „Way of Tea,“ is basically concerned with activities that are a part of everyday life, yet to master these requires great cultivation. In this sense, this tradition is well described as the Art of Living. Having been nurtured on Japanese soil, it represents the quintessence of Japanese aesthetics and culture; but, over and […]
