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SATURDAY
December 9
10a.m. · 3p.m.
20 minute ceremonies all day In the EHCC Gallery!
THE PHILOSOPHY OF CHADO THE UNDERLYING PHILOSOPHY OF TEA EVOLVED FROM ZEN
BUDDHISM. ZEN IS THE JAPANESE COUNTERPART OF THE CHINESE WORD CHAN, WHICH IS A
TRANSLATION OF THE SANSKRIT WORD DHYANA, MEANING THE MEDITATION THAT LEADS
TO DEEP SPIRITUAL INSIGHT. BOTH TEA AND ZEN EMPHASIZE A WAY OF TRAINING BODY
AND MIND IN AWARENESS THAT HAS POTENTIAL TO BECOME A RIGOROUS SPIRITUAL
DISCIPLINE.
SEN RIKYU SUMMARIZED THE PRINCIPLES OF THE DISCIPLINE OF TEA INTO FOUR CONCEPTS:
HARMONY, RESPECT, PURITY, AND TRANQUILITY, OR THE PEACE OF MIND THAT COMES
WITH THE REALIZATION OF THE FIRST THREE PRINCIPLES. BY LEARNING CHADO, WE SEEK TO
OBTAIN AN ULTIMATE PEACE OF MIND, WA (HARMONY), KEI (RESPECT), SEI (PURITY), AND
JAKU (TRANQUILITY)
CLASSES HELD AT SHOROAN TEA HOUSE IN LILIUOKALANI GARDENS, BANYAN DRIVE, HILO,
ON THE FOLLOWING DAYS:
JAPANESE SPEAKING CLASS: MONDAY 9AM-IIAM
ENGLISH SPEAKING CLASS: THURSDAY 9AM-IIAM SATURDAY 9AM-IIAM AND IPM-3PM
