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AUGUST 2010 EVENTS
Tea and Zen Seminar
August 4 - August 8, 2010
Green Gulch Zen Center will host the fifth annual Tea & Zen Seminar at Green Gulch from Wednesday, August 4 to Sunday, 8, 2009. Christy Bartlett Soei, Director of the Urasenke Foundation of San Francisco, will be among the instructors for this five-day intensive. This is a rare opportunity to spend several days totally immersed in the Way of Tea, while enjoying the relaxed setting of a temple in the midst of National parkland. The seminar will make use of the Green Gulch teahouse which has two tearooms as well as a roji. The daily schedule will include meditation and instruction in temae. There will also be the opportunity for haigata, okashi making, chashaku carving, as well as chabana. For further information and registration, please contact Green Gulch Zen Center at 415-383-3134 or email:
Tearoom Open to the Public:
Open Hearth
Open to all, this monthly lecture-presentation tea gathering
is a wonderful first-hand introduction to the Way of Tea. Come
to be a guest to savor the atmosphere and
flavors of the tearoom. Explore the suitable variations of each season along with experiencing the underlying history and philosophy of the Way of Tea.
Reservations
are necessary and must be secured with a check. The fee is $25 and $30 at door.
Please telephone 415.433.6553 for more information.
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Tearoom
Open to the Public: Open Hearth
DATE: Wednesday, August 11, 2010
TIME: 6:00pm
RSVP: Reservations are necessary and must be secured with a check.
Please telephone 415.433.6553.
FEE: $25 in advance, $30 at door
** Please telephone if your request is 3 days or less before
the event.
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Educational Gatherings
The Foundation welcomes school groups (kindergarten through university) and other groups for lecture-presentations at its tearoom facilities. These occasions are individually designed to the interests of each group such as language, literature, esthetics, philosophy, or history. Please telephone 415.433.6553 to make arrangements.
Northern California Chayu no Kai Events
The Northern California Chayu no Kai or Friends of Tea Association provides opportunities for camaraderie and the enjoyment of the culture of tea among younger practitioners of the Way of Tea. Chayu no Kai membership is open to all. Some activities are based on knowledge of tea practice. Friends of Tea events include regular kagetsu classes in addition to various workshops, chakai and chaji throughout the year. Please call the Foundation at 415.433.6553 for more information.
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