February 2012
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Amazing Old (and Free) Visualization Books →
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mint water: "We live in a mediated world of words... →
I walk into the Himalayan Buddhist Meditation Centre and immediately like what I see: books. Lots of books. Which is odd, because Buddhists don’t think much of words. Words are distracting, deceptive, a poor substitute for a genuine insight, or a hug. As William James said, “Knowledge about a…
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mintwater:
This is a great tea video discussing present-day American tea culture, where it’s going, and also some common misconceptions about tea.
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Dragonwell: Not Pretense, Ritual →
mintwater:
by mintwater / vsergeev
I pour the filtered water into the water kettle and plug it in.
Lately, I’ve been brewing tea in the Chinese “gongfu cha” style. A style that is showy enough to attract some quizzical looks, which I was neither prepared for, nor did I have an answer to…
This pretty much tracks my path down the rabbit hole as well.
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