Kagetsu Chabako in the Japanese Garden

Enjoying the sun for a Kagetsu Chabako in the Japanese Garden in Bucharest

Demonstration at Yashi Dome

In 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.

A New Colleague ?

Rikyuki 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.

EVENT: 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 eveniment care include o prelegere despre elementele din Taoism, Confucianism, Zen si Shintoism care au contribuit la crearea spatiului spiritual care defineste ceremonia ceaiului.

Prelegerea va fi sustinuta de exemplificari pentru recunoasterea acestor elemente in ceremonia ceaiului contemporana si urmata de o demonstratie a acestei ceremonii (in costumatie specifica) si de invitatia de a degusta impreuna o cana de ceai verde.
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February 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 company to held a ceremony at their event.

Soga sensei finished his visit in Romania with a seminar for beginner and advanced level practitioners.

First 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 !

Offering Tea to Buddhidt Monks

Our friends at Mokushozen-ji Bucharest held a one week seshin, and during the Zazen Night for Eka - one long night doing Zazen meditation - they invited us to hold and share Tea Ceremony. Our sensei, Gabriel Sooga Caciula offered Master Yvon Myoken Bec and the rest of the priests and practitioners, a Koicha (think tea, to help them during the over night practice) and Usucha (light tea). He performed Kazane Jawan and Kae Jawan, where he received help from his students. Tea practitioners tried also sitting meditation. Thank you all for this experience!

  

Okeiko with Soga sensei in Bucharest

For all ages !

Tea Ceremony Practice

Okeiko with children

It is getting serious. First official Okeiko with children.
What a challenge !

  

Tea with Kids: First lesson

One of the most pleasant and joyful tea experience !!!

 

Welcoming guests ...

We were proud and happy to have with us today for a cup of tea Daniel Golesteanu, practicing Chado at Montreal, and Andreea Stanca, practicing Chado at "CSRJ Angela Hondru" in Bucharest. An informal, yet beautiful meeting. Thank you both!

New DOGU for TEA

Thanks to Igari san, the students of our Tankokai can now practice all the temaes. New dogu, just brought from Japan.

Japanese Technology for well being, Iyashi Dome - held an opening in Bucharest and offered to the public a Tea Ceremony Demonstration.

One of Rikyu's most well-known sayings is:

"Though many people drink tea,
if you do not know the Way of Tea,
tea will drink you up."

I am sure we will all read this, agree, and continue to remain eons apart in our understanding of what that means. There is a degree of beauty in the strangeness of this encounter with such a simple phrase. One way or another it shows the continuous danger we face while practicing tea.