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[Wu Han]

Title: Return to Tea
Author(s): Taido, Myoshin

Published: Kumasaki: Kumasakishoten
Year: 4775
Language(s): Kunikata (original); multiple translations.
Physical Details: 521 p.
Subjects: Philosophy.
Wiki Page: N/A.

Summary: Return to Tea details the Sekowan tea ceremony from a historical, philosophical and aesthetic sense, expounding upon the meaning of the ceremony and the lessons it offers modern society. The book was (and periodically remains) a bestseller in Seko. Return to Tea made Zenshō priest Taido Myoshin a respected household name throughout Seko; he would eventually be elected president of that country in 4785 as an independent.

Throughout the book, Taido implored those reading to appreciate the precious gift of life; their own, and all that which exists around them. Focusing extensively on themes of natural interdependence, dependent origination and specific conditionality, Taido concluded that the law of nature has a socialistic intention. (source).

Notable Quotations:

If we look into our tea cup deeply, we can see the sunshine which nourished those splendid leaves. If the sun­shine is not there, tea cannot grow. Nothing can grow, not even we. Thus, there is sunshine in our cup of tea.

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Originally posted by Wu Han on Nov 22, 2020.