MingeiABC

study of Soetsu Yanagi

『心偈』25続

柳宗悦『心偈』

25「一フクイカガ 茶モ忘レテ」

Would you like a cup of tea?

You don't need to remember cha.

 

It says only plain truth in a literal sense.

This poem played a important role.

Because a master of tea ceremony is often pretended to be a connoisseur, overdo forms in the tea ceremony, and express his exposed taste.

Drinking green tea is good, but  a master of tea ceremony can't reach a high point, he  remains affected behavior.

If the residue is taken off, You would perform the tea ceremony without thinking of tea.

Being absorbed in drinking tea, he doesn't remain the consciousness of tea.

To say anything about tea is a evidence of tea going down the end.

 At this point "without thinking of tea" isn't going away from drinking tea.

I would say you are in the world of tea and free from tea, too.

From this state of mind for sure, Living tea is shining for itself.  

”Knowing how to do drinking tea" is all very well, but it can't say you really knowing about tea, that knowledge is no better than consciousness.

If you can forget tea, you begin knowing the tea at first time.

 

久しぶりの投稿です。

ブランクの間も見に来てくださった方々、ありがとうございます。

 

ともかく前進あるのみ。

このところ、等身大の自分で落ち着いています。