Wa Kei Sei Jaku

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Wa Kei Sei Jaku

和　 敬　清　寂

WA for "harmony"
KEI for "respect"
SEI is "purity"
JAKU is "quietude, stillness"

They comprize the essence of the way of tea as taught by Sen no Rikkyuu.
Now the Urasenke Tea School teaches these precepts.

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.

Urasenke founder, Sen Rikyu (1522-1591) summarized the principles of the discipline of Tea into four concepts: wa, kei, sei, and jaku.

http://www.urasenke.org/characters/

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Here is a calligraphy from Sôshitsu Sen XV.
Der Teeweg
By Gerhardt Staufenbiel

Look at this performance by Gerhardt too
Shakuhachi concert at GokuRakuAn, Japan

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. The Japanese Tea Ceremony .
(chadoo　茶道, cha no yu 茶の湯)


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