7 CUPS Practice Protocol 

Protocol for Practioner

Discernment is not judgement. Protocol is not rules. In tea culture, Cultivate peace is essential to care for the wellbeing of the whole.

Space of Presence welcomes all natural states of being. Yet we still carefully choose what we select, what we cultivate, how we sit.

Sacredness is natural.

Depth is required.

Noise is to be cut.

  • "1. Empty the cup: here to be ready and willing receive a moment of peace

    洁身自好

  • "2. Wash the cup: I am here to leave all the past behind and invite a new chapter

    修心养性

  • "3. Honour the cup: as an extension of self

    惜物爱人

  • "4. Wait for the cup: there is no waiting time but witnessing time

    内观坐忘

  • "5. Receive the cup: what is in front of you is yours.

    知止知足

  • 6. Hold the cup as the universe in the palm

    杯中有乾坤

  • 7. Savor the cup. cherish every drop and let the bitter sweetness be the medicine.

    苦尽甘来

<Art of Presence- Way of Tea > Chapter 3

HOW TO HOST PEACE

“Every Tea space is a world of its own.

How it comes to your life,

depends on the space you design to hold her.”

SILENCE| SHADOW

Emptiness is not absence but impactful design elements.

SPACE

TEXTURE | TOUCH

Imperfection and aging trace is record of relationship and value of time

TIME

HURRY SLOWLY

Nature hurries for no one. All is accomplished.

RYTHEME

INNER ORDER
OUTER CLARITY

Allow meaning to arise from lived experience.

STORY

COP27

UN50 STOCKHOLM

BLOCKBASE

DAVOS2020

Science & Consciousness Forum Ubiquity University

BOIS FORUM PARIS 2026

House of Pioneer DAVOS2026

House of Beautiful Business

Beijing Design Week

HeARTechfest IBIZA

AIM investment Dubai

SDG CONVERGENCE2020

Global Philanthropists Circle

Oceanic Global

Nordic Center China

Nordic Taiji Center Norway

AI & Communication institute

Zhejiang Urban University

Norweigen Climate Network

Three Fold Egypt

House of consciousness Oslo

Tech Forum Ibiza

United Planet

HUMMING FOR WATER

We are gaia

Fantasia Art Festival

Wholis Fest BEIJING

Living Earth Collective

Davos

China Day

2024

Born in Mongolia and ordained in the Zhongdao Taiji Daoist lineage, SANGYE Yanling DUAN is a cultural entrepreneur, systems designer, and wisdom keeper working at the intersection of systems innovation and cross-cultural collaboration. Her book Art of Presence is distilled from Zhongdao Taiji lineage teachings and her personal journey of “entrepreneurship as spiritual practice.” It introduces Daotea ritual and Eastern wisdom traditions into contemporary systems thinking and conscious space-making practices.