Chado - the Way of Tea
Wa - Harmony
Kei - Respect
Sei - Purity
Jaku - tranquility
Harmony, respect, purity, and tranquility are the four principles of the Urasenke method of Japanese tea ceremony. I found a bit of each in the Portland Japanese Gardens.
If you were to distill your life to its four basic principles, what would they be?
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After walking through the beautifully arranged grounds in which the tea house is set we had experienced the harmony of a well planned garden - Wa.
I could sense a quieting as we joined other folk in the quiet gardens and felt a respect the arrangement of plants and stones and textures required - Kei.
Immaculate, perfectly manicured, and exqisitely designed, this jewel of landscaping more precisely illustrates the concept of purity through simplicity than any other place I know - Sei.
Here one can feel a calmness and a peacefulness which gentles the spirit and tames the raging mind with healing and soothing quiet. Even the soft and exact presentation of the tea hostess contributed to the tranquility appropriate to the occasion and setting - Jaku.
Thank you for including me in viewing the tea ceremony demonstration at Portland's Japanese Gardens. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience with you.
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