Post on 16-Dec-2015
Japanese Tea
Ceremony
Instructor: Emily GungMay 11, 2005
Valdosta State UniversityLearning in Retirement
Syllabus
Day 1 Introduction & Video
Utensil Quiz
Ceremony Practice
Day 2 Tea Committee
Karate Kid vs.
Real Video
Oriental Napkin
Folding
Day 3 Garden Visit, Haiku
Reading & Green Tea Ice Cream!!
A Message from Urasenke Grand Tea Master
Chado, the Way Of Tea, is based upon the simple act of boiling water, making tea, offering it to others, and drinking of it ourselves. Served with a respectful heart and received with gratitude, a bowl of tea satisfies both physical and spiritual thirst.
The frenzied world and our myriad dilemmas leave our bodies and minds exhausted. It is then that we seek out a place where we can have a moment of peace and tranquillity. In the discipline of Chado such a place can be found. The four principles of harmony, respect, purity and tranquility, codified almost four hundred years ago, are timeless guides to the practice of Chado. Incorporating them into daily life helps one to find that unassailable place of tranquility that is within each of us.As a representative of this unbroken Japanese tradition of four hundred years, I am pleased
to see that many non-Japanese are welcoming the chance to pursue its study. This growing interest in Chado among peoples of all nations leads me to strive even harder to make it possible for more people to enter the Way of Tea.
Soshitsu SenUrasenke Grand Tea Master XV
(source: The booklet, The Urasenke Tradition of Tea)
Stylized Ritualized
"Holding a bowl of tea whisked to a fine froth...Such a simple thing: yet filled with a spirit thatreaches back more than a thousand years."
Wabi Sabi
Sabi
- lone beauty
Wabi
-simple,
unpretentious
beauty
Imperfect, irregular beauty
Austere, stark beauty