The tea ceremony

Phil 106 The tea ceremony, one of the rituals in Japan brought to them by the Zen Buddhism. The tea ceremony is the art of making tea. Tea is prepared in simple rooms, with simple instruments but is hard to master the technique of making tea. The Zen Buddhists dedicate time to make the tea, it is not just boil the water and drop the tea. It is more like a ritual in making fine tea …

…to create an atmosphere accordingly to the season with proper care and vision. And plan for everything to be ready for everything. Those are some of the rules but all required simplicity, harmony with the nature, respect, purity, and peace or tranquility of the mind. To resume all, this is a time of reflection, meditation, simplicity and to detach from all luxury and be in harmony. That is what the tea ceremony means to me.