The Cup of Humanity - Tetragrammaton

The fifteenth century saw Japan ennoble it into a religion of aestheticism—Teaism. Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence. It inculcates purity and harmony, the mystery of mutual charity, the romanticism of the social order. It is essentially a worship of the Imperfect, as it is a ten

As Rikyu said, “The tea ceremony is no more than boiling water, steeping tea, and drinking it.”