REL 0200 - Seminar

Institution:

Tufts University

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A simple, straightforward expression "hot water for tea," the literal meaning of the Japanese chanoyu or tea ceremony, suggests anything but simple aesthetic concepts associated with Zen Buddhism. Sometimes called chad (the Way of Tea), Japanese tea ceremony offers the time and space for contemplating the fundamental Buddhist ideas of mindfulness and emptiness. Beginning with a Zen-monk Eisai, who transmitted the practice of tea drinking from China among Zen practitioners in medieval Japan, the Way of Tea took its ritual format in early modern Japan by Sen-no Riky . This seminar explores the history, philosophy, and practice of Zen and its association with the culture of tea performance. We will pursue the profound, if not utterly mysterious wabi-sabi concepts, of Zen and Tea. This seminar conceives the study of Zen and Tea broadly by combining the textual study of writings by Zen monks and tea masters, and film study of tea masters, with the actual practice of tea performance.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.tufts.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 628-5000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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