{"id":360,"count":1,"description":"We prefer a more comprehensive definition to the term the Way of Tea.  First, the term refers to the way3 in which a pot of tea is to be prepared and appreciated. Next, it is the path4 to tea; in the manner one can tour a city by various routes. Third, it points to the state of being5, such as the state of tea brewing, tea infusion, tea drinking, and the ambience \u2013 this embodies the good and the bad, the favorable and the unfavorable. Fourth, it is a goal6 as tea leads to tranquility and calm, enabling one to experience solitude and silence, delight, excitement, and even fame and gain. Fifth, it conjures up a new beginning7 \u2013 because of the term, our attention has been directed to understand, accept and appreciate the Way of Tea. The concept has brought about such changes in us, both physical and spiritual, as if the world of new experience has endowed upon us a new life.","link":"https:\/\/contemporaryteathinker.com\/?cat=360","name":"03.The word \u201cWay\u201d may refer to a method, a path, a state of being, a goal, and the starting point of a new life-Rong-tsang Tsai","slug":"rong-tsang-tsai%e3%80%82the-word-%e2%80%9cway%e2%80%9d-may-refer-to-a-method-a-path-a-state-of-being-a-goal-and-the-starting-point-of-a-new-life","taxonomy":"category","parent":116,"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/contemporaryteathinker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/categories\/360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/contemporaryteathinker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/contemporaryteathinker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contemporaryteathinker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/categories\/116"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/contemporaryteathinker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts&categories=360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}