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茶

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: tea

Senses:

  • Tea-leaves. Camellia sinensis. A beverage that became popular in the era of Daizong 代宗 (762–779年) in part due to works like the Cha jing 茶經 by Lu Yu 陸羽 (733–804). The custom of drinking tea thereafter was adopted in the Buddhist world, particularly in the Chan school 禪宗 where specific rites and duties associated with tea were developed. These are extensively detailed in the Chixiu Baizhang qinggui 敕修百丈淸規. Preparing and drinking tea became a meditative practice in monasteries, both in Korea and Japan. In Japan, this developed into a secular art form known as sadō 茶道. Saichō 最澄 is credited with having first brought tea plant seeds back to Japan in 805 and planting them at Mount Hiei 比叡山.

    References:

    Benn, James A. 2015. Tea in China: A Religious and Cultural History. Honolulu:  University of Hawai'i Press.

    Kieschnick, John. 2002. The Impact of Buddhism on Chinese Material Culture. Princeton:  Princeton University Press.

    [Jeffrey Kotyk, Michael Radich; source(s): 中華佛學百科全書, 大辭林]
  • Used in transliterating Skt. ja, jha, etc. [Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 370b

    A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki) 167

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 1014

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)3183c, (v.1-6)3184b, (v.1-6)3637b,1046a

    Soothill 338

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    Entry created: 2002-10-21

    Updated: 2018-11-22