The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (513 page)

 
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Cetasika
(quality of mental experience)
:

see
CITTA
.

 
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Cetiya
(earth-mound)
:

see
CAITYA
.

 
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May be spelt C; check at appropriate place (e.g. chela/cela; chaitya/caitya).

 
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Chaddor
(veil)
:

see
IJ
B
.

 
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(Jap., ‘tea-way’). Zen Buddhist way to overcome ordinary consciousness, in which entities are differentiated, in themselves, or in subject-object distinctions. The translation ‘tea-ceremony’ is thus misleading if it implies a ritual involving tea, although its actions and context are highly formalized. Like other forms of Zen practice in the aesthetic domain (e.g. flower-way—not flower-arranging,
kado
,
ikebana
), it is a means of mind-realization of the single buddha-nature (
buddhat
) of all appearance. The preparation and drinking of tea (religiously) began in China, apparently for medicinal purposes (reviewed by Lu Yü in
Ch’a Ching
). Sen no Riky
(1521–91) organized tea-drinking practices into a single system, and also instructed Hideyoshi, who became the great master of cha-no-yu.