『心偈』30

30「サバクヤ心　袱紗サバキツ」

　　　　　　　　　　　　　柳宗悦『心偈』

The master of tea ceremony handles mind as he handle fukusa.

*fukusa(silk wrapping cloth)

The master of tea ceremony handles fukusa at the tea-serving manner.

It's a beautiful scene for the tea ceremony.

But you may think it is handling fukusa, it is only handling mind in fact.

It is said that  it's a confession of mind however you were handling fukusa.

So only a person who can handle his mind, can handle his fukusa.

What is handling mind is having nothing on your mind.

Tenacity comes to an end.

It is throwing away myself.

If you prepare this, fukusa can follow yourself.

It is not only the skill.

It's not difficulty.

If you have roots in nature, you can handle fukusa smoother than ever.

Before A master of tea ceremony handles fukusa, how does he handle his mind?

He must ask himself seriously.

And then the question "handling or not handling" is disappeared.

Is there how deep handling than this?

茶偈あと一つ。