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TeaLife Audio – Ep 164 – Hanamatsuri

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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:

          https://www.justonecookbook.com/sakura-mochi/

          • hanami dango

            Recipe:

            https://www.justonecookbook.com/hanami-dango/

            • kusa mochi

              Recipe:

              http://www.the350degreeoven.com/2012/06/pastries-pies/yomogi-daifuku-or-kusa-mochi-japanese-mugwort-mochi-with-red-bean-filling/

              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


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