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Subject(s)

• Morishita, Noriko 1956- [Browse]
• Japanese tea ceremony [Browse]
• Philosophy, Japanese [Browse]

Translator

• Goldsmith, Eleanor, 1976- [Browse]
• エレナ・ゴールドスミス, 1976- [Browse]

Series

• Japan library (Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan) [More in this series]
• Japan Library

Summary note

The author reflects on twenty-five years of studying the Japanese Way of Tea, from her first uncertain steps as a college student to her gradual discovery of freedom within the very rules that once seemed to hold her back. As the author experiences the trials and triumphs of adult life, from job-hunting setbacks to lost love, from the struggle to build a career to the pain of losing a loved one, tea is always there to remind her that simply being present in the moment is enough. The joy of savoring the seasons with all five senses - of smelling the rain, of hearing each individual raindrop. The importance of cherishing each meeting as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Humor and heartbreak, despair and determination - in this memoir, the writer connects the Way of Tea to the span of human experience, culminating in the exhilaration of realizing 'I'm alive, right now!'--adapted from publisher's description.

Notes

• Originally published in Japanese in 2002 under the title of Nichinichi kore kōjitsu : ocha ga oshiete kureta 15 no shiawase .
• Translated from the Japanese.

Language note

In English with original Japanese title on colophon.

Contents

• Chajin : a person of tea
• Learn that you know nothing
• Don't think with your head
• Focus your feelings on the now
• Watch and feel
• Look at many real things
• Savor the seasons
• Connect to nature with all five senses
• Be here, now
• Give it time and let nature do the rest
• Things are fine as they are
• Parting is inevitable
• Listen for the voice within
• When it's raining, listen to the rain
• Growth takes time
• Live in the moment with an eye to the future.

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ISBN

• 9784866580623
• 4866580623

LCCN

2019384095

OCLC

1091191492

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