The Tea House

[Eluvatar]

[Eluvatar]

The student came to the Master's Tea House and said, "I heard a man tell me 'This sentence is false.' What does this mean?"

[St Oz]

Jin Wen Gu once asked the Master, "Why do you drink tea eight times in a day? Is this your secret to enlightenment?"

The Master answered, "Mu. (Nothingness)"

"Mu?"

"Without Tea I am constipated and full."

At that moment Jin Wen Gu became enlightened.

[Eluvatar]

The student dropped the tea pot and it shattered.

Woe is me, said the student, for I will not have tea.

You have tea, now drink it, said the Master.

[Allama]

The student sits at the feet of the Master, awaiting wisdom.

When no wisdom is bestowed, the student asks the Master, "What must I cease to attain enlightenment?"

[Myroria]

Master, I ask for guidance. I have given away all of my earthly possessions and dedicated my life to one of wandering. However, I feel strangely fulfilled inside. How do I empty my soul of this warmth?

[Somstratzka]

A new pupil enters

[Lindisfarne]

      

Wu is nothingness, emptiness, non-existence

Thirty spokes of a wheel all join at a common hub,
     yet, only the hole at the center allows the wheel to spin.

Clay is molded to form a cup,
     yet, only the space within allows the cup to hold water.

Walls are joined to make a room,
     yet, only by cutting out a door and a window can one enter the room and live there.

Thus, when a thing has existence alone, it is mere dead-weight.

Only when it has Wu, does it have life.