Wind in the Pines: Classic Writings of the Way of Tea As a Buddhist Path

Chanoyu, widely known as the tea ceremony, developed in Japan in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. In it, such ordinary acts of daily life as serving a meal and tea to guests have been raised to the status of religious discipline. Wind in the Pines is a collection of writings that seeks to illuminate the nature and aesthetics of chanoyu as a Buddhist path.