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Special Event Celebrating
the Ritual of Tea
THE WAY OF TEA
AS ZEN PRACTICE
Richard Silver
The Japanese Way of Tea is a vehicle for a collective, interactive
meditation that utilizes aesthetics and ritual to manifest
our human interconnectedness in an immediate and experiential
manner. Like all activities that are rich in expression, the
Way of Tea speaks to a wide range of people with diverse interests
in areas such as calligraphy, poetry, ceramics, cooking, history,
and Asian Studies.
Please join us as we explore Tea with an emphasis on its
Zen Buddhist aspects. After a brief lecture, Tea will
be prepared for audience volunteers (and may even be served
to attendees seated in chairs). This interactive evening will
speak to your heart as well as your mind.
| Richard Silver
has been practicing the Way of Tea for nearly
20 years. Trained in Japan, Europe, and the United
States, he hosts periodic Tea gatherings in Zen
monasteries and at homes in San Francisco. A Rinzai
Zen practitioner, Richard emphasizes Tea's transfor-mative
aspects in his daily practice, gatherings, and
teachings. He was featured in a documentary by
Japan's NHK television network,recently appeared
in a KQED radio story on Tea in Northern California,
and has published articles in Japanese on Japanese
culture. A lawyer by training, Richard has also
spent many years working in US-Japan relations
in the areas of financial diplomacy and cultural
exchange.
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