TeaLife Audio - Chado the Japanese Way of Tea

Tea Life Audio is a podcast about the Japanese Way of Tea and related arts. It is a round table discussion about various topics related to the way of tea, Chado.

TeaLife Audio - Ep 164 - Hanamatsuri 04/29/2024

TeaLife Audio - Ep 164 - Hanamatsuri Hosts TJ Anthony Guest Tanya Jiku/Poem 拈華微笑（nen ge mi shō）literally means “holding a flower, subtly smiling.” Information referenced Sweets sakura mochi Recipe: hanami dango Recipe: kusa mochi Recipe: Koan/Poem: Decorate the heart of the beholder, for the Buddha of the flower hall is nowhere else. Master Yodo Excerpted from: The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-five Centuries of Awakened Women - edited by Florence Caplow and Susan Moon Associated study materials: Zen Flowers: Chabana for the Tea Ceremony - Henry Mittwer The Art of Chabana: Flowers for the Tea Ceremony - Henry Mittwer The Woman Who Raised the Buddha: The Extraordinary Life of Mahaprajapati - Wendy Garling The Denial of Death - Ernest Becker Wagashi: The Art of Japanese Confectionery - Kazuya Takaoka, Mutsuo Takahashi, Hiroshi Yoda Tea room map showing calendar aligning Hana Matsuri and nijiri-guchi: https://www.chanoyudecoded.com/writings/april-in-japan-following-elephants/ Photo of Hana Mi Dō /episode/index/show/tealifeaudio/id/31029123

TeaLifeAudio - Ep 163 - Hinamatsuri 03/20/2024

TeaLifeAudio - Ep 163 - Hinamatsuri Hosts Anthony TJ Lindsey Hinamatsuri Jiku Hana wa kurenai, ha wa midori (Flowers are red, leaves are green) 花ハ紅, 葉ハ緑 -or- 花紅, 葉緑 Alternatively: yanagi wa midori, hana wakurenai (willows are green, flowers are red) 柳ハ緑、花ハ紅 /episode/index/show/tealifeaudio/id/30466538

TeaLife Audio - Ep 162 - Setsubun 01/28/2024

TeaLife Audio - Ep 162 - Setsubun Hosts TJ Anthony Guest: Palmer-sensei Show notes: 福 fuku good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck Information referenced: Nihongi - English translation by W.G. Aston Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson Otafuku sake cup https://www.chanoyudecoded.com/setsubun-and-otafuku/ For more of Palmer Sensei's talks, writings, and photographs, visit Chanoyu Decoded at: /episode/index/show/tealifeaudio/id/29678223

TeaLife Audio - Ep 161 - Shogatsu 12/27/2023

TeaLife Audio - Ep 161 - Shogatsu Hosts: Anthony TJ Adam Shogatsu 和気満山川 Wa Ki Yama Kawa ni Mitsu Harmonious energy fills mountains and rivers. /episode/index/show/tealifeaudio/id/29249033

TeaLife Audio - Ep 160 - Omotesenke Guest Etiquette 11/27/2023

TeaLife Audio - Ep 160 - Omotesenke Guest Etiquette Hosts - Marius - TJ Omotesenke Guest Etiquette Zengo 無事是貴人 buji kore kinin non-attachment creates nobility Also available on YouTube: /episode/index/show/tealifeaudio/id/28802503

TeaLife Audio - Ep 159 - Spooky Tea 10/28/2023

TeaLife Audio - Ep 159 - Spooky Tea Hosts Anthony TJ Guest Lindsey Poem: 開門多落葉 kai mon raku yō o-oshi -or- mon wo hirakeba, raku yō o-oshi Opening my door, leaves piled up -or- Opening my door, only leaves /episode/index/show/tealifeaudio/id/28448180

TeaLife Audio - Ep158 - Women and Tea 10/15/2023

TeaLife Audio - Ep158 - Women and Tea Host Marius Guests Rebeca Michelle Helena Diana Information referenced: - Mizusashi pirouette: /episode/index/show/tealifeaudio/id/28318265

TeaLife Audio - Ep 157 - Urasenke Guest Etiquette 09/30/2023

TeaLife Audio - Ep 157 - Urasenke Guest Etiquette Hosts Aaron Marius A detailed walkthrough of the guest etiquette of Urasenke. Useful both for the Urasenke practitioner who wants to brush up on the details and also for students of other schools who want to prepare for an event. /episode/index/show/tealifeaudio/id/28184894

TeaLife Audio - Ep 156 - Tsukimi 09/16/2023

TeaLife Audio - Ep 156 - Tsukimi Hosts Anthony TJ Tanya Adam Tsukimi - Moon Viewing Poem Jiku - Master Kidō 掬水月在手　 Mizu o kiku sureba/ tsuki te ni ari I scoop up water and the moon is in my hands Enlightenment Poem - Chiyono: also known as Mugai Nyodai (1223-1298) tonikaku ni/ takumishi oke no/ soko nukete/ mizu tamaraneba/ tsuki mo yadorazu With this and that I tried to keep the bucket together, and then the bottom fell out. Where water does not collect, the moon does not dwell - Translation, Merle Kodo Boyd, 2013. Information referenced /episode/index/show/tealifeaudio/id/28052250

TeaLife Audio - Ep 155 - Chrysanthemum Festival - KikuNoSekku 09/03/2023

TeaLife Audio - Ep 155 - Chrysanthemum Festival - KikuNoSekku Hosts: Tanya Anthony TJ Poem 菊の露若ゆばかりに袖触れて花のあるじに千代は譲らむ Kikunotsuyu waka yu bakari ni sode furete/ hana no aruji ni chiyo wa yuzura/ mu Murasaki Shikibu Diary poem, Modern translation: Chrysanthemum dew I brush my sleeve to gain a little youth But let she who owns the flowers have the thousand years they bring Link to Makura Jido: Noh Performance held at Horinji, Arashiyama, on 9/9: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=zxtTLfpcZrw /episode/index/show/tealifeaudio/id/27929307

TeaLife Audio - Ep 154 - State of Mind 08/20/2023

TeaLife Audio - Ep 154 - State of Mind Hosts Marius Anthony Guillermo State of Mind 無心 /episode/index/show/tealifeaudio/id/27801219

TeaLife Audio - Ep 153 - Obon 07/31/2023

TeaLife Audio - Ep 153 - Obon Hosts Anthony TJ Guest Tanya Obon Poem: by Saigyõ sute-gataki omoi naredomo sutete idemu makoto no michi zo makoto naru beki Hard it is to leave the world yet leave I will for the true path is the truth Information referenced: Books Mentioned : Hungry Ghosts - Andy Rotman Gazing at the Moon: Buddhist Poems of Solitude - Saigyõ Film Mentioned : Tsuruko's Tea Journey: Website Mentioned : /episode/index/show/tealifeaudio/id/27614958

TeaLife Audio - Ep 152 - Music of Tea with Guillermo and Nico 07/16/2023

TeaLife Audio - Ep 152 - Music of Tea with Guillermo and Nico Host Marius Guests Guillermo Nico Music of Tea Poem 諸行無常 shogyō mujyō all things are impermanent /episode/index/show/tealifeaudio/id/27479439

TeaLife Audio - Ep 151 - Tanabata with Palmer-sensei 07/02/2023

TeaLife Audio - Ep 151 - Tanabata with Palmer-sensei Hosts Tj Anthony Guest Palmer-senei Tanabata 鳴な虫別るる恋はほしにさへ。小林一茶 Nakuna mushi wakaruru koi wa hoshi ni sae. Ko-bayashi I-ssa. (After the death of his wife.) Cry not insects divided love even stars among. Little-grove One-tea. (literal translation) Oh, insects, cease your cries that pierce the heart. Lovers, even among the stars, must part. (Translated by Harold Stewart.) (Harold chose the form of the Heroic couplet when translating Haiku.) From his, ‘A Chime of Windbells’. (Courtesy of Allan Sōsei Palmer Sensei) /episode/index/show/tealifeaudio/id/27346749

TeaLife Audio - Ep 150 - Secret project 06/15/2023

TeaLife Audio - Ep 150 - Secret project Host Adam Anthony Marius Main Topic - Marius Secret Project Project home page: Project YouTube: Project Twitter: Zengo "一期一会" (Ichi-go ichi-e): "One time, one meeting" "静中行" (Sei-chu-kou): "Action in quietude" "和敬清寂" (Wa-kei-sei-jaku): "Harmony, respect, purity, tranquility" "有心無心" (Yuushin-mushin): "Mindful, mindless" "空即色" (Ku-soku-shiki): "Emptiness is form" "色即是空" (Shiki-soku-ze-ku): "Form is emptiness" "無我無人" (Muga-mujin): "No self, no others" "瞬時永劫" (Shunji-eigou): "A moment is eternity" "万法一如" (Banbou-ichinyo): "All things are as one" "一切皆空" (Issai-kai-ku): "All is emptiness" /episode/index/show/tealifeaudio/id/27160800

TeaLife Audio - Ep 149 - Start of summer 05/21/2023

TeaLife Audio - Ep 149 - Start of summer Hosts TJ Anthony Topic - Start of summer and festivals Zengo 竹葉々起清風 take yōyō seifū o okosu "A refreshing breeze comes from the bamboo leaves." Information Referenced Minazuki Recipe /episode/index/show/tealifeaudio/id/26902827

TeaLife Audio - Ep 148 - Boysday 04/20/2023

TeaLife Audio - Ep 148 - Boysday Hosts TJ Anthony Guest Marius Topic - Boysday Zengo 花紅葉綠 hana (wa) kurenai, ha (wa) midori "flowers are red, leaves are green" -or- 花紅柳綠 hana (wa) kurenai, yanagi (wa) midori "flowers are red, willow is green" Information referenced Recipe How to make an origami kusudama: /episode/index/show/tealifeaudio/id/26607693

TeaLife Audio - Ep 147 - Oiemoto Seido 03/26/2023

TeaLife Audio - Ep 147 - Oiemoto Seido Hosts: Adam Anthony Marius Topic: Oiemoto system in today's world Zengo: 一花開天下春 Ikka hiraite tenka haru nari A single blossom opens and the world is in Spring /episode/index/show/tealifeaudio/id/26342205

TeaLife Audio - Ep 146 - Children and Tea 03/10/2023

TeaLife Audio - Ep 146 - Children and Tea Hosts: Adam Anthony Marius Jiku: 日々是好日, 雲門日日是好日, 雲門日々是好日, 雲門好日, and 雲門十五日 Hibi kore kojitsu, or Nichinichi kore kōnichi /episode/index/show/tealifeaudio/id/26186310

TeaLife Audio - Ep 145 - Western holidays 01/08/2023

TeaLife Audio - Ep 145 - Western holidays Hosts Adam Anthony Marius Topic - How can we celebrate Western holidays in the tea room. Zengo - Mujaku - Non-attachment /episode/index/show/tealifeaudio/id/25534821

TeaLife Audio - Episode 144 - Elitism 11/14/2022

TeaLife Audio - Episode 144 - Elitism Host - Adam - Anthony - Marius Elitism Information Referenced: - Episode with Adam and his Zen teacher: - Youtube about Elitism among audiofile: /episode/index/show/tealifeaudio/id/24999000

TeaLifea Audio - Ep 143 - Tea for non-tea people 10/01/2022

TeaLifea Audio - Ep 143 - Tea for non-tea people Hosts: - Adam - Anthony - Marius Topic - Hosting non tea people Zengo: Enso /episode/index/show/tealifeaudio/id/24551676

TeaLife Audio - Episode 142 - Animal products in Tea 09/13/2022

TeaLife Audio - Episode 142 - Animal products in Tea Hosts - Adam - Anthony - Marius Topic: Animal products in Tea Poem #100 茶の湯とはたゞ湯をわかし茶をたてゝのむばかりなる事と知るべし chanoyu to wa tada yu o wakashi cha o tatete nomu bakari no koto to shiru beshi The Way of Tea is naught but this: first you boil water, then you make the tea, and drink it. /episode/index/show/tealifeaudio/id/24351483

TeaLife Audio - Episode 141 - Presentations 07/31/2022

TeaLife Audio - Episode 141 - Presentations Hosts - Anthony - Adam - Marius Topic - Presentations Poem かず多くある道具をも押しかくし無きがまねする人も愚な kazu ōku aru dōgu o mo oshikakushi naki ga mane suru hito mo oroka na While owning numerous pieces, some act as though they own but a few There’s no one to fool but oneself: Don’t let this be you /episode/index/show/tealifeaudio/id/23911884

TeaLIfe Audio - Ep 140 - Tea Forums 06/27/2022

TeaLIfe Audio - Ep 140 - Tea Forums Hosts: - Adam - Anthony - Marius Main Topic - Online Forums for Tea Poem 97 釜一つあれば茶の湯はなるものを数の道具をもつは愚な kama hitotsu areba chanoyu wa naru mono o kazu no dōgu o motsu wa oroka na A single kettle is all one requires for chanoyu; Accumulating many utensils is a foolish thing to do Information referenced: /episode/index/show/tealifeaudio/id/23549336

TeaLife Audio - Ep 139 - Getting back to tea 05/12/2022

TeaLife Audio - Ep 139 - Getting back to tea Hosts: - Adam - Anthony - Marius Poem #97 釜一つあれば茶の湯はなるものを数の道具をもつは愚な kama hitotsu areba chanoyu wa naru mono o kazu no dōgu o motsu wa oroka na A single kettle is all one requires for chanoyu; Accumulating many utensils is a foolish thing to do /episode/index/show/tealifeaudio/id/23086052

TeaLife Audio - Ep 138 - Personalities 03/25/2022

TeaLife Audio - Ep 138 - Personalities Hosts: - Aaron - Adam - Anthony - Ula Topic - Personalities in Tea Poem 96 茶はさびて心はあつくもてなせよ道具はいつも有合にせよ cha wa sabite kokoro wa atsuku motenase yo dōgu wa itsumo ariai ni se yo In an impoverished setting, serve tea from a rich heart. Always choose your utensils from things at hand: this is all part of the art /episode/index/show/tealifeaudio/id/22566680

TeaLife Audio - Ep 137 - Mizusashi 02/28/2022

TeaLife Audio - Ep 137 - Mizusashi Hosts: Adam Anthony Marius Topic - Mizusashi Poem Purity is awakening the heart through what we do use pristine cloth, whisks, chopsticks, picks and ladles; draw and boil water anew水と湯と茶巾茶筅に箸楊枝柄杓と心あたらしきよし mizu to yu to chakin chasen ni hashi yōji hishaku to kokoro atarashiki yoshi /episode/index/show/tealifeaudio/id/22280990

TeaLife Audio - Episode 136 - TJ 02/04/2022

TeaLife Audio - Episode 136 - TJ Hosts - Adam - Anthony - Marius Guest T J (Shōnen 正念) DeZauche Poem /episode/index/show/tealifeaudio/id/22009892

TeaLife Audio - Ep 135 - Palmer Sensei 01/24/2022

TeaLife Audio - Ep 135 - Palmer Sensei Host Anthony Guest Allan Palmer-sensei Information referenced http://chanoyudecoded.com/ /episode/index/show/tealifeaudio/id/21871667

TeaLife Audio - Chado the Japanese Way of Tea

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