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Re: The Tea House
« Reply #30 on: June 19, 2012, 04:27:48 PM »
                                 
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Re: The Tea House
« Reply #31 on: May 25, 2013, 07:59:38 PM »
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?"
                                 
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Re: The Tea House
« Reply #32 on: May 26, 2013, 12:34:47 AM »
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.

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Re: The Tea House
« Reply #33 on: November 03, 2013, 03:59:22 PM »
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.
                                 
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Re: The Tea House
« Reply #34 on: December 23, 2014, 04:14:10 PM »
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?"

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Re: The Tea House
« Reply #35 on: January 07, 2015, 05:50:38 AM »
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?
"I assure you -- I will be quite content to be a mere mortal again, dedicated to my own amusements."

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Re: The Tea House
« Reply #36 on: April 02, 2015, 11:09:45 PM »
A new pupil enters


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Re: The Tea House
« Reply #37 on: April 05, 2015, 12:25:05 AM »
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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.
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