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study of Soetsu Yanagi

『心偈』29

29「點ツヤ茶ヲ 様ナキ様ニ」

            柳宗悦『心偈』

Perform the tea ceremony behaving naturally.

 

 I would tell the truth on the pretext of the tea ceremony, it's not always tea.

When I see the performance of the tea ceremony, it seems something exaggerated.

He boasts the style.  He want to show off the taste. And he would like to

show you tea sets.  Everyone see his behavior exaggeratedly.

Tea something like that isn't tea.

To being tea must be the act of tea ceremony, it must reach the stage ”living in peace" that A zen priest, Rinzai Zenji praise.

There must be anything with every little thing.

Looks is good for looks like without looks.

Honenn sho-ninn said that "morality is good for without morality."

Tea must be "looks like without looks."

If tastelessness  of tea is revealed, tea can't exist.

A master of tea ceremony is to do tea without tea thoroughly.  

Tea wouldn't be shining than this.

True tea is "ordinary tea."

「點テバヤナ 平ノ茶ヲ」

We should perform the tea ceremony like casual wear.

 

もはや苦し紛れになりながら。