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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  

Hosts Anthony TJ Guest Tanya   Obon   Poem: by Saigyõ   sute-gataki omoi naredomo sutete idemu makoto no michi zo makoto naru beki   Hard it is  to leave the world yet leave I will for the true path is the truth Information referenced: Books Mentioned : Hungry Ghosts - Andy Rotman Gazing at the Moon: Buddhist Poems of Solitude - Saigyõ  Film Mentioned : Tsuruko's Tea Journey: Tsuruko's Tea Journey   Website Mentioned : www.chanoyudecoded.com  

Host Marius Guests Guillermo Nico Music of Tea   Poem 諸行無常 shogyō mujyō  all things are impermanent

Hosts Tj Anthony Guest Palmer-senei   Tanabata     鳴な虫別るる恋はほしにさへ。 小林一茶  Nakuna mushi wakaruru koi wa hoshi ni sae. Ko-bayashi I-ssa. (After the death of his wife.)   Cry not insects divided love even stars among.  Little-grove One-tea. (literal translation)   Oh, insects, cease your cries that pierce the heart.  Lovers, even among the stars, must part. (Translated by Harold Stewart.) (Harold chose the form of the Heroic couplet when translating Haiku.)  From his, ‘A Chime of Windbells’. (Courtesy of Allan Sōsei Palmer Sensei)