Hosts

• TJ
• Anthony

Guest

• Tanya

Jiku/Poem

• 拈華微笑（nen ge mi shō）literally means “holding a flower, subtly smiling.”

Information referenced

Sweets

• sakura mochi

Recipe:

https://www.justonecookbook.com/sakura-mochi/

• hanami dango

Recipe:

https://www.justonecookbook.com/hanami-dango/

• kusa mochi

Recipe:

http://www.the350degreeoven.com/2012/06/pastries-pies/yomogi-daifuku-or-kusa-mochi-japanese-mugwort-mochi-with-red-bean-filling/

Koan/Poem:  

Decorate the heart of the beholder, 

for the Buddha of the flower hall

is nowhere else. 

• Master Yodo

Excerpted from: The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-five Centuries of Awakened Women - edited by Florence Caplow and Susan Moon

Associated study materials:

• Zen Flowers: Chabana for the Tea Ceremony - Henry Mittwer
• The Art of Chabana: Flowers for the Tea Ceremony - Henry Mittwer
• The Woman Who Raised the Buddha: The Extraordinary Life of Mahaprajapati - Wendy Garling
• The Denial of Death - Ernest Becker
• Wagashi: The Art of Japanese Confectionery - Kazuya Takaoka, Mutsuo Takahashi, Hiroshi Yoda

Tea room map showing calendar aligning Hana Matsuri and nijiri-guchi:

https://www.chanoyudecoded.com/writings/april-in-japan-following-elephants/

Photo of Hana Mi Dō

Hosts

• Anthony
• TJ
• Lindsey

Hinamatsuri

Jiku

Hana wa kurenai, ha wa midori  (Flowers are red, leaves are green)  花ハ紅, 葉ハ緑

-or-

花紅, 葉緑

Alternatively: yanagi wa midori, hana wakurenai (willows are green, flowers are red)  柳ハ緑、花ハ紅

Hosts

• TJ
• Anthony

Guest:

• Palmer-sensei

Show notes:

福

fuku

good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck​

Information referenced:

Nihongi - English translation by W.G. Aston

Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson

Otafuku sake cup  https://www.chanoyudecoded.com/setsubun-and-otafuku/

For more of Palmer Sensei's talks, writings, and photographs, visit Chanoyu Decoded at: https://www.chanoyudecoded.com

Hosts:

• Anthony
• TJ
• Adam

Shogatsu

和気満山川

Wa Ki Yama Kawa ni Mitsu

Harmonious energy fills mountains and rivers.

Hosts - Marius - TJ

Omotesenke Guest Etiquette

Zengo

無事是貴人 buji kore kinin non-attachment creates nobility

Also available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/KH8KcFqTzCI

Hosts

• Anthony
• TJ

Guest

• Lindsey

Poem: 開門多落葉 kai mon raku yō o-oshi -or- mon wo hirakeba, raku yō o-oshi Opening my door, leaves piled up -or- Opening my door, only leaves

Host

• Marius

Guests

• Rebeca
• Michelle
• Helena
• Diana

Information referenced:

- Mizusashi pirouette: https://youtube.com/shorts/Vhs2qtVsEuA

Hosts

• Aaron
• Marius

A detailed walkthrough of the guest etiquette of Urasenke. Useful both for the Urasenke practitioner who wants to brush up on the details and also for students of other schools who want to prepare for an event.

Hosts

• Anthony
• TJ
• Tanya
• Adam

Tsukimi - Moon Viewing

Poem

Jiku - Master Kidō

掬水月在手　

Mizu o kiku sureba/ tsuki te ni ari

I scoop up water and the moon is in my hands

Enlightenment Poem  - Chiyono: also known as Mugai Nyodai (1223-1298)

tonikaku ni/ takumishi oke no/ soko nukete/ mizu tamaraneba/ tsuki mo yadorazu

With this and that I tried to keep the bucket together, and then the bottom fell out. Where water does not collect, the moon does not dwell

- Translation, Merle Kodo Boyd, 2013.

Information referenced

https://www.youtube.com/@adamsomu/videos

Hosts:

• Tanya
• Anthony
• TJ

Poem

菊の露 若ゆばかりに 袖触れて

花のあるじに 千代は譲らむ

Kikunotsuyu waka yu bakari ni sode furete/ hana no aruji ni chiyo wa yuzura/ mu

Murasaki Shikibu Diary poem, Modern translation:

Chrysanthemum dew

I brush my sleeve to gain a little youth

But let she who owns the flowers have the thousand years they bring

Link to Makura Jido: Noh Performance held at Horinji, Arashiyama, on 9/9:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=zxtTLfpcZrw

Hosts

• Marius
• Anthony
• Guillermo

State of Mind 無心