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Zen

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I, as Teishu, invite him in  to our tea house for chanoyu slide the newly papered shojis  leftward two thirds, with the left and the remainder with my right hand having prepared already  the zen garden outside carefully raking the sands in waves  breaking 'round each island itself a cleansing, calming act a light course of stone soup, made in advance have swept the heavy cedar beams and steps and bathed in deep hot spring...