tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40064162036256844632024-02-19T06:04:02.240+02:00CHADO PRACTICEblogul asociatiei Chadō Urasenke Tankokai România-LuminisUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006416203625684463.post-50720988122829968602019-12-21T16:59:00.000+02:002019-12-21T17:24:27.012+02:00December 14 -15/2019: Trãind în ZEN - ceai, arta si simplitatea vietii monastice
O intalnire cu maestrii Templului Ryoko-in din Kyoto
Day One: At His Excellency the Japanese Ambassador, Mr Noda, the Zen Monk Gempo Kobori, Tea Teacher Gabriel Caciula, MNAR Director Liviu Constantinescu and ELI Scientific Director Kazuo Tanaka in Romania, everybody spoke about the conferences and workshops of this weekend. Let us enjoy it!
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006416203625684463.post-41484789929961284572019-11-13T15:58:00.000+02:002019-12-21T17:04:07.443+02:00Articol foileton in blogul editurii Herald de Gabriel Sōga Caciula
Capitol 1: Introducere despre Chanoyu
Capitol 2: Chanoyu - un ritual si un mod de viata
Capitol 3: Principii de etica si estetica in Chanoyu
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006416203625684463.post-57820615280273370402019-05-01T16:52:00.004+03:002019-05-02T01:22:27.041+03:00OHANAMI - be it sun or rain, it is the thing of the day and people come by thousands to quickly understand Japan
Yes, the title is true. O-hanami is by all means a wonderful moment to reconnect with the Nature coming back to life, to breath the wind of a new life, to observe the delicate existence of beauty right in front of your nose, in short, to re-establish a fundamental contact between Man and Nature.
People are people. The intention is noble. But they may skip the heavy fundamentals and simply Gabrielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16705368207161551501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006416203625684463.post-50492895576048781482019-04-30T23:07:00.001+03:002019-05-02T02:41:44.376+03:00What happens at a Chaji?
As outside the cherry flowers are ready to display their exploding unique beauty, Tankokai Luminis introduces the audience to the secrets of a Chaji - the mysterious tea gathering.
The location - of course the National Museum of Art and there hidden away from the passing world, our chashitsu, Reikōan - the 'glowing mountain peak abode'.
As always, the one and only Calea Victoriei Gabrielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16705368207161551501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006416203625684463.post-58660142592362541802019-02-28T19:06:00.000+02:002019-05-01T15:41:54.064+03:00Practicing, what else! This time with Japanese friendsBy the end of February, when young wild flowers manage to escape the frozen embrace of the still sleeping earth and dare showing their delicate and frail buds through the icy surface of the remains of snow patches, along old wooden fences, Tankokai Romania Luminis had the honour and pleasure of hosting a simple tea offering at the Reikōan (summit, radiant, hermitage) - the tea room (Gabrielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16705368207161551501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006416203625684463.post-9752478208015904802018-11-28T01:32:00.002+02:002019-03-15T01:30:48.632+02:00Book launching completed! It spins now among other quiet satellites changing our way of beingMission accomplished!
Not easy to manage such an event I can tell you! Ownership - a feature which became a line and a rule of thumb in the doctrine for clever management in most of the western world, has subtle deformations when it comes to the streets of the Paris of the East.
But in the end there was an overfilled room, a charming public, freshly fed with bits and nibs of super salty Korean Gabrielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16705368207161551501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006416203625684463.post-84744361210700086482018-10-27T01:54:00.000+03:002019-03-15T01:21:36.385+02:00Ceremonia japoneză a ceaiului într-o adevarată colibă a ceaiului la Muzeul National de Artă al Romaniei
Demonstrații de ceremonia ceaiului într-o adevarată colibă de ceai la
MNAR, Muzeul Național de Artă a României
În cadrul lunii noiembrie, luna culturii japoneze, asociația Urasenke Tankokai Romania - Luminiș în colaborare cu Muzeul Național de Artă și Ambasada Japoniei în Romania, va oferi două demonstrații publicului curios să observe și să înțeleagă această tradiție unică.
Gabrielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16705368207161551501noreply@blogger.com0Calea Victoriei 49, București 030167, Romania44.4380442 26.09720600000002818.9160097 -15.211387999999971 69.9600787 67.405800000000028tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006416203625684463.post-56794374348158952212018-10-26T02:27:00.002+03:002018-10-26T03:16:29.792+03:00Chanoyū la Cărturești - Verona! Lansare de carte!
I needed two helping hands to be able to bring to the Romanian public a book which is different from the rest (just like all the books!) They were generously offered by PAIDEIA publishing house and Cărturești Verona bookstore.
Thanks to them,
Wednesday, November 14th at 18:30,
at Cărturești Verona, Strada Pictor Arthur Verona 13-15, București,
the book "Chanoyū - the Gabrielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16705368207161551501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006416203625684463.post-29175075340907683622018-10-15T23:58:00.001+03:002018-10-16T00:00:24.313+03:00Musée Guimet - Paris, a message of Peace to commemorate 100 years from WWI<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Gabrielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16705368207161551501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006416203625684463.post-75812685956287460082018-10-01T18:17:00.001+03:002018-10-01T18:25:32.935+03:00The departure of His Excellency, Mr. Ambassador Kisaburo IshiiThree years passed in no time and here we are, emotions all over us, listening the good bye speech of a man who, together with his wife, had the most impressive impact in the continuously improving relations between Romania and Japan - economic, politic and cultural.
Under Mr. Ishii's watch, the Prime Minister of Japane, Mr. Shinzo Abe and his wife visited Romania -the first visit of this Gabrielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16705368207161551501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006416203625684463.post-67494931663991118292018-04-24T18:39:00.002+03:002018-04-24T20:33:54.832+03:00CHADŌ and ZEN - talking about the impossible at SPIRU HARET UNIVERSITYThis time things discovered a hole in the time fabric and I found myself in a 1950 style auditorium, equipped with a barely surviving PA system and manned by an incredibly warm hearted personnel to whom I will always be grateful for guiding me through the ad-hoc learning of the technology.
With a smile on their faces and a warm cup of tea at the end, they surrounded me with friendship explainingGabrielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16705368207161551501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006416203625684463.post-63698845119440503382018-04-16T03:07:00.000+03:002018-05-04T17:10:39.943+03:00MINDFULNESS visits Calea Victoriei FoundationMINDFULNESS, a quasi untranslatable word (no wonder, as it has a quasi untranslatable meaning - could anyone imagine the MIND flattering itself, who would be the "flattered", who would be the "flatterer"? ) is the darling of the community of dreamers about the "DREAM" - growing larger and larger today, as the society grows weirder and weirder.
MINDFULNESS is the buzzword of today, replacing YOGAGabrielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16705368207161551501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006416203625684463.post-10566301764108055652018-03-09T11:27:00.000+02:002018-03-09T11:41:24.306+02:00The Romanian Museum of National Art Chashitsu baptised with its first demonstration"MNAR" - precisely the name of a Viking warrior or an Avatar from the constellation Cygnus Alpha XP-1549.
Well, not really!
This provoking name stands for the Museum of National Art of Romania. But stepping inside, in the belly of the former Royal Palace, gives you the chills of an incredibly touching experience. The sober, glorious and majestic display of confused monumentalism, (trimmed here Gabrielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16705368207161551501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006416203625684463.post-82375129340232790262017-11-24T18:19:00.000+02:002018-01-08T19:54:21.884+02:00 CHANOYŪ and ZEN
The influence of Zen Buddhism in shaping up the spiritual canvas of Chanoyū
Chanoyū, the Japanese Tea Ceremony, completed its forming process as a stable tradition during the XVI century. People were different, the ways were different, the beliefs were different. Yet it was that mentality that gave meaning to Chanoyū. And that mentality included Zen.
About 500 years later Chanoyū still Gabrielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16705368207161551501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006416203625684463.post-24906021121634322432017-05-05T01:31:00.003+03:002017-05-06T18:23:54.214+03:00BOOK LAUNCH EVENT : THE TEA AND ITS CEREMONYPeople dream, things come alive and sometimes books are written, sold, read and while everything should change and become something else, nothing happens except one thing: people dream, things come alive and sometimes books are written.
How could someone have the courage to write a book? To give names to things which have no name or can not have names. To form what does not know form. To Gabrielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16705368207161551501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006416203625684463.post-28945621037096297472017-04-29T23:00:00.004+03:002017-05-05T00:50:21.552+03:00CHANOYU DEMONSTRATION @ GRAND HOTEL CONTINENTAL - BUCHARESTTIME - although it seems that it exists only in our conscience as a useful invention, one thing is for sure: it passes very quickly in the immediate reality.
Grand Hotel Continental - Bucharest
And here we are again at the majestic Grand Hotel Continental in Bucharest, in our favourite Grigoresco room, ready for a new demonstration of Chanoyu - the Japanese Tea Ceremony.
As always, the Gabrielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16705368207161551501noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006416203625684463.post-81990623200560127012015-12-15T17:08:00.000+02:002016-01-10T17:49:49.776+02:00Other Events in December 2015There was a nice demonstration held in December 2015 together with Soga sensei at the Asociatia Tinerii de Succes, from where we do not have pictures, but we can at least thank the Association for their invitation and nice welcome!
Also in December 2015 , 3 new students joined our School, whom we gladly welcome!
Handling of certificates by Gabriel Sooga sensei :
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006416203625684463.post-35407952270680238372015-06-22T17:39:00.000+03:002016-01-10T17:41:48.232+02:00Chabako demo at "Infinitea"In June 2015 we were pleased to perform a Chabako demonstration in a beautiful garden of a most known Tea House in Bucharest, "Infinitea"
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006416203625684463.post-71778984477839769672015-06-20T17:44:00.000+03:002016-01-10T17:46:18.908+02:00Kagetsu Chabako in the Japanese GardenEnjoying the sun for a Kagetsu Chabako in the Japanese Garden in Bucharest
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006416203625684463.post-71187811403000647522015-05-20T17:31:00.000+03:002016-01-10T17:32:59.209+02:00Demonstration at Yashi DomeIn Mai 2015 we held a demonstration at our friends from Yashi Dome and their friends, who are living and working in Romania, but have different nationalities. We were happy to offer a cup of tea to people from all over the globe, from Brazil to Israel.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006416203625684463.post-1998504797289365902015-04-01T11:57:00.002+03:002015-04-01T11:58:49.007+03:00A New Colleague ?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006416203625684463.post-8377274838391460122015-03-30T17:18:00.000+03:002016-01-10T17:20:11.048+02:00Rikyuki Celebration
28th of March 2015 we've held Rikyuki, the celebration of 424 years since the death of Sen no Rikyu, the father of Chado. The ceremony consists in offering tea in the memory of the tea master, preparing the fire and share tea for the rest of the guests. The event was followed by a seminar with the students.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006416203625684463.post-29430053467867793322015-03-12T18:09:00.000+02:002015-12-26T19:05:18.429+02:00EVENT: Ceremonia Japoneza a Ceaiului la Grand Hotel Continental
Saturday, March 28 at 11:00am
Grand Hotel Continental in Bucharest, Romania
Chado Urasenke Tankokai Romania "Luminis", impreuna cu Fundatia Calea Victoriei organizeaza o prelegere si o demonstratie de Ceremonia Ceiaului, sustinuta de Maestrul de ceai Gabriel Caciula (Soga).
Va invitam sa descoperim impreuna Chanoyu – ceremonia japoneza a ceaiului – in cadrul unui Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006416203625684463.post-88684215869215464182015-02-02T18:16:00.000+02:002015-12-26T18:48:37.473+02:00February Events ...Sooga sensei in Romania, where we held Hatsugama, demonstration on a far away land, and a seminar
Hatsugama is a ceremony celebrating the new year. The calligraphy in the alcove is "Kotobuki" which means "Celebration" or "Long Life".
The willow is also a symbol of prosperity in China and Japan.
This road leads to Sighisoara, an old city in Romania, where we have been invited by a Japanese Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006416203625684463.post-85778336298364359092015-01-10T17:57:00.000+02:002015-12-26T18:49:38.186+02:00First TEA !
The children made their first real tea today, and they did it well!They invited their parents for a cup of tea. Total success !
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