COMPLETE The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura-mas

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The Book of Tea by Kakuzō Okakura (1862 - 1913).

This project is now complete. All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/the-book-of-tea-by-kakuzo-okakura-2/
The Book of Tea is as much about philosophy, religion and art as it is about a drink made with dried leaves in boiling water. It traces the development of tea into teaism. The author’s first paragraph summarizes the whole book:

“Tea began as a medicine and grew into a beverage. In China, in the eighth century, it entered the realm of poetry as one of the polite amusements. The fifteenth century saw Japan ennoble it into a religion of aestheticism--Teaism. Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence. It inculcates purity and harmony, the mystery of mutual charity, the romanticism of the social order. It is essentially a worship of the
Imperfect, as it is a tender attempt to accomplish something possible in this impossible thing we know as life.”


The author shows that the philosophy of Teaism, which was developed from Japanese Zen Buddhist teachings, actually has deeper roots in Chinese Confucianism and Taoism as well.

After its publication in 1906 The Book of Tea provided a window into Japanese culture, and furthered a better understanding and appreciation of the philosophy behind minimalism in Japanese art, architecture, design and living.
  1. Text source (only read from this text!): http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/769
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  2. Type of proof-listening required (Note: please read the PL FAQ): standard
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  3. The reader will record the following at the beginning and end of each file:
    No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording!
    START of recording (Intro):
    • "Chapter [number] of The Book of Tea. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
    • If you wish, say:
      "Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]"
    • Say:
      "The Book of Tea, by Kakuzō Okakura. [Chapter]"

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    For the second and all subsequent sections, you may optionally use the shortened form of this intro disclaimer:
    • "Chapter [number] of The Book of Tea by Kakuzō Okakura. This LibriVox recording is in the Public Domain."
    • If you wish, say:
      "Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]"
    • Only if applicable, say:
      "[Chapter title]"
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    END of recording:
    • At the end of the section, say:
      "End of [Chapter]"
    • If you wish, say:
      "Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]"
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    • At the end of the book, say (in addition):
      "End of The Book of Tea, by Kakuzō Okakura. "

    There should be ~5 seconds silence at the end of the recording.
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  4. Example filename bookoftea_##_okakura_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. bookoftea_01_okakura_128kb.mp3)
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Last edited by CliveCatterall on April 24th, 2021, 1:28 am, edited 5 times in total.
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Lovely book. We could always do with another reading I think!

Clive
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Clive,
I'd be happy to MC this for you. I'll get your MW set up.
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May I DPL?
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Kevin,

Pending confirmation from Clive, I've added you to the MW.

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Happy to have you both on board!

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Chapter 1 is ready for PL

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Chapter 2 is uploaded and ready for PL


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Ch. 1 and 2 PL OK!
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Post by Amendis »

Hi Clive! I'm looking at this project with great interest and am really excited to hear it when you finish up.
Best,
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Chapter3 is uploaded and ready to go!

April - thanks for the support. I'm quite slow with recording chapters, so it might be a few months until it is finished.

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Certainly no rush on my part, though I'm enjoy the project, too.
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CliveCatterall wrote: March 24th, 2021, 10:48 am Chapter3 is uploaded and ready to go!

April - thanks for the support. I'm quite slow with recording chapters, so it might be a few months until it is finished.

Clive
Nicely read! All that is needed is to reduce to ending silence to just five seconds.
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Silence now trimmed to 5 seconds.

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Chapter 4 is uploaded and ready for PL

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