THE BOOK OF ICHIGO ICHIE

Every encounter happens exactly once, and the Japanese phrase ichigo ichie exists to name that fact and to ask what should follow from it. The authors of Ikigai trace the idea to Zen Buddhism and to a sixteenth-century tea master whose careful rituals were designed to hold attention on the present moment. From there the book becomes practical, showing how each of the five senses can be used to return a person to where they actually are, and how ordinary meetings, meals and conversations change once treated as unrepeatable. The chapters are short and the tone stays calm rather than instructional. Its central concerns: • The meaning and origin of the phrase ichigo ichie • Roots in Zen practice and the Japanese tea ceremony • Sensory exercises for bringing attention back to the present • Short chapters suited to slow, repeated reading Recommended for readers of mindfulness and Japanese philosophy, and for anyone who valued Ikigai, this title is stocked at Boipoka.