Tea Wisdom. Aaron Fisher

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      Keeping from getting upset, keeping on making tea, it is the end of the year.

      —Ganzan, translated by Shaun McCabe and Iwasaki Satoko

      Indeed Cha-no-yu may be considered an epitome of Japanese civilization, for it is a well-blended mixture of elements drawn from the two most ancient cultures of the East eclectically acquired by extremely able and critical minds capable of discerning exactly how they could best use it for the convenience and education of their people.

      —A. L. Sadler

      [A famous] poem on tea speaks of the froth as burning with brilliance, and says that it must be as lustrous as freshly fallen snow and as luscious as the spring lotus.

      —Lu Yu

      The fallen needles blanket the path to the tearoom.

      —Shiki, translated by Shaun McCabe and Iwasaki Satoko

      Don’t watch with your eyes or turn your head to listen, just fill your heart with Cha-no-yu.

      —Sen Rikyu

      With regards to the water placed outside in the stone basin, it has always been necessary most of all to clean and purify the heart.

      —Rikyu, as attributed in the Namporoku