Hanamatsuri TeaLife Audio

Hosts
TJ Anthony Guest
Tanya Jiku/Poem
拈華微笑（nen ge mi shō）literally means “holding a flower, subtly smiling.”
Information referenced
Sweets
sakura mochi
Recipe:
https://www.justonecookbook.com/sakura-mochi/
hanami dango
Recipe:
https://www.justonecookbook.com/hanami-dango/
kusa mochi
Recipe:
http://www.the350degreeoven.com/2012/06/pastries-pies/yomogi-daifuku-or-kusa-mochi-japanese-mugwort-mochi-with-red-bean-filling/
 
Koan/Poem:  
Decorate the heart of the beholder, 
for the Buddha of the flower hall
is nowhere else. 
Master Yodo
 
Excerpted from: The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-five Centuries of Awakened Women - edited by Florence Caplow and Susan Moon
 
Associated study materials:
Zen Flowers: Chabana for the Tea Ceremony - Henry Mittwer The Art of Chabana: Flowers for the Tea Ceremony - Henry Mittwer The Woman Who Raised the Buddha: The Extraordinary Life of Mahaprajapati - Wendy Garling The Denial of Death - Ernest Becker Wagashi: The Art of Japanese Confectionery - Kazuya Takaoka, Mutsuo Takahashi, Hiroshi Yoda Tea room map showing calendar aligning Hana Matsuri and nijiri-guchi:
https://www.chanoyudecoded.com/writings/april-in-japan-following-elephants/
 
Photo of Hana Mi Dō