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Chumon: Gateway to tranquility
The entrance to the teagarden
This gate separates the hectic everyday world from the world of the way of tea.
Behind this gate opens the world of
Wa, Kei, Sei and Jaku,
Harmony, Respect, Purity and Tranquility
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sutete suteenu
kokochi shite
miyako hanareru
waga-mi narikeri
When leaving the capital
I want to leave this world
behind me
but I cannot leave.
Saigyo
(monch and poet 1118 bis
1190)