Tea Room – Padme Tea Garden

“Amid the bustling life,

I sit down with Tea,

Borrowing the grace of water and fire,

Nurturing body and mind within me.”

Every journey begins with steps, and so does every lotus bloom. Some flowers open in pure, modest whiteness, serene and graceful. Some burst forth in vibrant colors, rising just above the water. Some peek out, waiting for the right month and day to stretch upward, while others remain as buds deep in the mud…

Tea is like the lotus—waiting for the harmony of water and fire to blossom and offer itself in service. Likewise, a person’s life unfolds through experiences of highs and lows, prosperity and decline, happiness and suffering, fame and wealth, virtue and vice, until insight and understanding emerge.