TeaLife Audio

TeaLife Audio

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TeaLife Audio episodes

  • TeaLife Audio - Ep 125 - Koan practice

    Host - Adam Guest - Peter Bursky [email protected] Information referenced: Sydney Zen Centre Wind in The Pines - Hirota Tea Life Tea Mind - Soshitsu Sen XV The Old Tea Seller - Baisao/Waddell Zen in the Art of The Tea Ceremony - Hammitzsch One Taste Of Truth - Wilson * Most of the links are affiliate links, and you will help support the Podcast if you use them to buy your copy at no extra cost to you.

    52 min
  • 108 Chemin de Saint-Jean du Désert 8

    Host - Adam - Anthony - Marius

    Main topic - Changes

    Poem 86. 盆石をかざりし時の掛物に、山水などはさしあひと知れ bonseki wo kazari shi toki no kakemono ni, sansui nado wa sashiai to shire

    If in the alcove a bonseki is employed, Know that hanging a sansui landscape scroll invites a clash you ought avoid

    1 hr
  • TeaLife Audio - Episode 123 - Firsts

    Host

    • Adam
    • Anthony
    • Marius

    Information referenced

    https://blog.chado.no/2013/07/my-tea-rooms.html Photos from peoples tea room

    https://warigeiko.video/ - Marius Live Stream Schedule https://www.youtube.com/c/warigeiko - Marius Live Stream http://twitch.tv/teawithtony - Anthony Live Stream

    59 min
  • TeaLife Audio - Episode 121 - Kuchikiri

    Host - Adam - Aaron - Ula - Anthony - Marius

    Poem 85. 点前には重きを軽く軽きをば重く扱ふ味ひをしれ temae niwa omoki wo karuku, karuki woba omoku atsukau ajiwai wo shire

    Handle things light as though they are heavy, and things heavy as though light Skilfully weaving opposites creates beauty in the tea rite

    52 min
  • TeaLife Audio - Ep 120 - Do Gaku Jitsu

    Hosts

    • Adam
    • Anthony
    • Marius

    Topic 道学実

    84. なまるとは手つづき早く又おそく、所々のそらはぬをいう namaru towa tetsuzuki hayaku mata osoku, tokoro-dokoro no sorowanu wo iu

    An obtuse temae starts and stops without rhythm: slow fast slow fast slow; Dull air, dense communication with nowhere to go

    Info referenced: - https://chanoyutah.com/foundation-stones-of-cha-do-do-gaku-jitsu/

    51 min
  • poem 83 tealife 119

    Hosts

    • Adam
    • Anthony
    • Marius

    Poem

    83. 一手前立る內には善し惡しを、有無の心の分かちをも知る hito

    temae tateru uchi ni wa yoshi ashi wo, umu no kokoro no wakachi wo mo shiru

    During a temae have no thought for "right" or "wrong" Know that even a discerning mind entertains thoughts that do not belong

    54 min
  • TeaLife Audio - Episode 118 - Tea

    Host

    • Adam
    • Anthony
    • Marius

    Topic - Tea

    Poem

    81. 風炉濃茶必ず釜に水さすと一筋に思ふ人はあやまり furo koicha kanarazu kama ni mizu sasu to hitosuji ni omou hito wa ayamari

    Koicha at furo adds fresh water to the kama before hot water is taken But form for form's sake is surely mistaken

    Information referenced

    Scotttea blog on the ethics of sourcing tea: https://scotttea.wordpress.com/2020/06/25/sitting-with-discomfort/ Tochū Tea to use as an alternative to matcha: https://www.uedasokochanoyu.com/store/tea-1/toch%C5%AB-caffeine-free/ Enquiries on Korean teas, including malcha: https://www.teaguildinternational.com/ Taiwanese Oolong: https://www.teafromtaiwan.com/ Spill the Tea (Norway): https://spillthetea.no/ Pào Chá (France): https://pao-cha.com/ Adam's recommendations for setting out in the wide world of tea: Korea ◉ Jakseol or 'Sparrow's tongue' green tea used in the Darye, Korean tea ceremony ◉ Malcha, Korean matcha ◉ Puruncha, Korean 'blue tea' or oolong Japan ◉ Tochū 'matcha' is great as an alternative to matcha. Can be used in place of matcha for usucha, used to practice 'koicha' and for late night keiko (caffeine-free) ◉ Mulberry 'matcha' (Japanese: kuwa-cha) discussed in Eisai Myōan's Kissa Yōjōki. Can be used for usucha. South America ◉ Mate from Argentina or Brazil "mate" (ma-té) as an alternative to matcha. Can be used for usucha. China ◉ Pu-erh ◉ Green/Raw Pu-erh ◉ Wu Yi oolongs from Fujian Province e.g. Da Hong Po ◉ Phoenix Mountain oolongs from Guanong Province e.g. Dancong Taiwan ◉ Dong Ding ◉ Alishan

    1 hr
  • TeaLife Audio - Ep 117 - Pet Peeves

    Host

    • Aaron
    • Adam
    • Anthony
    • Marius

    Main Topic - Pet Peeves

    Poem

    80. 壺などを床に飾らん心あらば、花より上にかざりおくべし tsubo nado wo toko ni kazaran kokoro araba, hana yori kami ni kazari oku beshi

    To show a tea jar on the alcove of the day Is to place it to the Kami side of the flower: pride of place on display

    49 min

About TeaLife Audio

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TeaLife 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 or cha no yu