- The most important purpose of tea is to arrive at spiritual enlightenment. - Sen No Rikyu
- Tea is nothing more than boiling water, making tea and drinking it. - Sen No Rikyu
A summary of teaist ideas is given by Sen Soshitsu, the sixteenth descendent of Sen No Rikyu, the fifteenth head of the Urasenke Tradition of Tea, at
http://nobleharbor.com/tea/chado/teachadointerview.html.
Central concepts are
MuHinShu,
WabiSabi, and wa-kei-sei-jaku (harmony, respect, purity, tranquillity).
The classic treatment of the
WayOfTea is the
Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura, which is online at
http://terebess.hu/english/okakura.html.
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