Asks Quote by Rajneesh

Tea is quiet and it takes a quiet palate to appreciate something that calls so little attention to itself.

— James Norwood Pratt

There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet contemplation of life.

— Lin Yutang

Tea is also a sort of spiritual refreshment, an elixir of clarity and wakeful tranquility.

— James Norwood Pratt

“In the stillness of meditation, a cup of tea becomes a source of comfort and nourishment for the mind, body, and soul.”

— Ajaz Ahmad Khawaja

“Once upon a time an academic scientist went to visit a Zen Master, famous for being very wise. After greeting the scholar, the master…

— Jeffrey Armstrong

“The tea ritual: such a precise repetition of the same gestures and the same tastes; accession to simple, authentic and refined sensations, a license…

— Muriel Barbery

And finally, be assured that Zen asks nothing even as it promises nothing. One can be a Protestant Zen Buddhist, a Catholic Zen Buddhist…

— Howard Fast

Tea is also a sort of spiritual refreshment, an elixir of clarity and wakeful tranquility. Respectfully preparing tea and partaking of it mindfully create…

— James Norwood Pratt

Tea tempers the spirits and harmonizes the mind, dispels lassitude and relieves fatigue, awakens thought and prevents drowsiness, lightens or refreshes the body, and…

— Anonymous

“Even enjoying a cup of tea, with all your senses involved in it is also pure meditation.”

— Harrish Sai Raman

Tea is more than an idealization of the form of drinking; it is a religion of the art of life.

— Okakura Kakuzo

Zen, in its essence is the art of seeing into the nature of one's own being, and it points the way from bondage to…

— D.T. Suzuki