CHADO (The Way of Tea)
There is in Japan
a spiritual practice,
often incorrectly called
« tea ceremony »
that has always fascinated
those who had the opportunity to follow it.
It is indeed :
an initiation into the heart of the Japanese culture
of which it sums up most of the artistic and spiritual « ways »
a « zen manifesto » : meditation in the most daily action
an art of hospitality more elaborate than in any other civilization.
Along this Way, we practice
( Text by Pierre-François de Béthune)
There is in Japan
a spiritual practice,
often incorrectly called
« tea ceremony »
that has always fascinated
those who had the opportunity to follow it.
It is indeed :
an initiation into the heart of the Japanese culture
of which it sums up most of the artistic and spiritual « ways »
a « zen manifesto » : meditation in the most daily action
an art of hospitality more elaborate than in any other civilization.
Along this Way, we practice
( Text by Pierre-François de Béthune)
