Topic
zen
2 pieces.
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Eisai and the Arrival of Tea in Japan Tea reached Japan twice. The first time, in the ninth century, it faded. The monk Eisai brought it back in 1191, bound to Zen — and that time it held. 02
Ichigyō-mono: The One-Line Zen Phrases of the Tea Room The tea-room scroll usually carries one line of Zen. What kissako, nichi nichi kore kōjitsu, mu and the other zengo mean, and where each began.