...The second legend is that Bodhidharma was the
first man who created tea – the name ‘tea’ comes
from the name
Tai, because it was created on the
mountain Tai. And all the words for tea in any
language, are derived from the same source,
tai. In
English it is tea, in Hindi it is
chai. That Chinese
word
tai can also be pronounced as cha. The
Marathi word is exactly
cha...

                                               --Osho
Bodhidharma: The Greatest Zen Master, ch. 1
               oshobob  The Living Workshop                                
                                              Osho meets China
Osho has a cup of "cha"
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