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Formal Tea Meditation Pt2

Unnamed Road, Dorchester DT2 9SD, UK

A 9-minute field recording by Richard Bentley made in Dorchester, United Kingdom on 1 October 2017, in the morning. Soundscape: streets & traffic.

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Formal Tea Meditation Pt2
9:15Public Domain Markby Richard BentleyInternet Archive
9:15

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Recordist's notes

Part two of the formal tea meditation. After a short period of sitting meditation, Brother Phap Xa leads an incense offering, touching the earth (prostrations) and is joined in the refrains by participants. The participants bow to each other as a mark of gratitude repeating inwardly the line: A lotus to you, Buddha to be. Brother Phap Lich then prepares the tea and participants pass the cups around the group, bowing before receiving the tea. (Sennheiser 8020s either side of a Jecklin Disk on SD MixPre6)

Written by Richard Bentley on radio aporee ::: maps.

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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