Sen-No-Rikyu Sayings

[Bigboned]

Hello everybody, I am currently working on my Exam project, which is about Japanese Tea. For that project, I am looking for some quotes from Sen-no-Rikyu, about the Way of tea, and I found these two on Wikipedia.

"Though many people drink tea, if you do not know the Way of Tea, tea will drink you up." Without any spiritual training, you think you are drinking tea, but actually tea drinks you up.

"The Way of Tea is naught but this: first you boil water, then you make the tea and drink it." However, this can only be appreciated after strict training in the Way.

However, everything in my presentation must be in Japanese, so I was wondering if there was anybody out there who know what the Japanese quote is? In the worst case scenario, I guess a direct translation would also suffice, but I hope there are some students of Ancient Japan out there!

Thank you very much in advance!

[keatonatron]

Bigboned wrote:
but I hope there are some students of Ancient Japan out there!

If a master of ancient Japan will do, talk to Tony B)

[Mukade]

Bigboned wrote:
"The Way of Tea is naught but this: first you boil water, then you make the tea and drink it."

I recognize this quote. I actually memorized it in grad school.

茶の湯とは、ただ湯をわかし茶をたてて、飲むばかりなるを本を知るべし。

[coco]

Bigboned wrote:
"Though many people drink tea, if you do not know the Way of Tea, tea will drink you up."

世の中に茶のむ人は多けれど、茶の道を知らぬは、茶にぞのまるる

Mukadeさん
「〜飲むぱかりなることと知るべし」?

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追記:
*ああ。なるほど。 ふたつあるんですね。
「〜を本を知るべし」 と
「〜ことと知るべし」


Tonyさん あとはよろしゅう。

[Bigboned]

arigatoo minnasan. Your help is much appreciated!

Ill probably have some texts up for correction later, so beware!

[inamorata]

i dont get anything.

[AJBryant]

i dont get anything.

Could you give some information to work with?

You don't understand it?

The pages show up blank?

What?

Tony

[coco]

Bigboned wrote:
Ill probably have some texts up for correction later, so beware!

I beg your pardon, I could not figure out "beware!" means.

[Tegan]

I beg your pardon, I could not figure out "beware!" means.

Ah, coco-san, I'll try to explain.

Beware is a command, and it means something similar to, "Be wary!(of something that is about to happen or something that is expected to happen.)"

It's really not used all that often in everyday conversation because it sounds sorta awkward, I think.

For example:
A: Beware! There's a car coming!
B: Watch out! There's a car coming!

The second(B) sounds much less awkward, and is more likely to be said.

However, sometimes beware is used somewhat colloquially to mean something like, "Be ready for something (probably not pleasant) that will happen in the future."

So, I think what Bigboned means here is that:
Later he'll be putting up texts on this board where he will want people to help him with his Japanese. He is assuming that this will be bothersome for people and is jokingly saying, "Be ready for the texts up for correction later, (they may be bothersome)!" Or at least that is the idea I get.

I'm sorry if I confused you even more with this post!

[coco]

Tengan-san
Thank you for your kind and helpful explanation.
I can understand what"beware!" means by your nice explanation.
教えてくださって、どうもありがとうございました。:)

[Bigboned]

hehe, it seems like I should be more careful with my phrasings, but thankfully Tegan was available to bridge the cultural gap!

BTW, my text is now up for correction, so please blast away at it.
http://www.thejapanesepage.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=3637