I don’t have a lot of time to post, but here is an article for an upcoming Chado presentation.
Margie Yap: Japanese Tea Ceremony Teacher and Expert
Category: blog post
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Issoan Annual Poetry Gathering
A new year dawns and the students at Issoan gathered for the 2nd annual poetry gathering. Because of social distancing, we met over zoom and composed 36 verses in a modified linked verse format. Each verse is a 5 line poem based on the link theme. The last line of the previous poem becomes the …
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Merry Christmas
Season’s greetings and Merry Christmas to all my friends and family. I hope your holidays are healthy and safe.
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At the turn of the year
Broken things can be mended, to be made stronger and more beautiful. In the darkness, there is a light to guide your way. In winter, the turn of year will eventually bring the spring. What troubles you today, will pass.
Here we are at the turn of the year 2020. For so many …
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Sitting Alone
There is a scroll hung in the tea room 独坐大雄峰 Dokuza Daiyūhō, Sitting alone on the great sublime peak. Or sometimes translated as Sitting alone on the great hero peak. Doku (alone,) za (sit), dai (great), yū (sublime), hō (peak).
The Zen story is that Hyakujo Zenji was asked by a monk, “What …
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