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Feb 26, 2021
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"Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence. It inculcates purity and harmony, the mystery of mutual charity, the romanticism of the social order. It is essentially a worship of the Imperfect, as it is a tender attempt to accomplish something possible in this impossible thing we know as life."
"The long isolation of Japan from the rest of the world, so conducive to introspection, has been highly favourable to the development of Teaism. ...more
"The long isolation of Japan from the rest of the world, so conducive to introspection, has been highly favourable to the development of Teaism. ...more
While not a profound read for me as I might guess it is for others, I enjoyed the rationale behind parts of the Japanese tea ceremony
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