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A formal tea meditation hosted by Brothers Phap Xa who facilitates and Phap Lich who prepares the tea. Guests are invited into the meditation hall with the sound of the bell, they enter in single file and bow to the two hosts. Phap Xa welcomes the guests and the ceremony begins with a short period of sitting meditation marked by three sounds of the larger bell. (Sennheiser 8020s either side of a Jecklin Disk on SD MixPre6)
About the place
Dorchester is a town of about 16,879 people in England, United Kingdom. OttoAnna lists 44 field recordings from here.
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Sources & credits
- “Unnamed Road, Dorchester DT2 9SD, UK - Formal Tea Meditation Pt1” by Richard Bentley – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0