和わ敬けい清せい寂じゃく

noun

harmony, respect, purity and tranquility

A yojijukugo encapsulating the four core principles of the Japanese tea ceremony (sadō): wa (harmony), kei (respect), sei (purity), and jaku (tranquility). Often cited as a guiding philosophy rather than a common everyday word.

• 茶さ道どうの精せい神しんは「和わ敬けい清せい寂じゃく」という言こと葉ばに表あらわされている。

  The spirit of the tea ceremony is expressed in the phrase 'wa-kei-sei-jaku'.

• 千せん利のり休きゅうは和わ敬けい清せい寂じゃくを茶ちゃの湯ゆの理り念ねんとした。

  Sen no Rikyū made wa-kei-sei-jaku the guiding principle of chanoyu.