Tea Sage Lu Yu
by Zhou Yuning
About This Novel
One year during the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Zen Master Zhiji, the abbot of Longgai Temple in Jingling (Tianmen, Hubei), was giving Zen lectures to the monks. 9-Year-old Lu Yu is making tea for Zen Master Zhiji. Fashan: "Master, there is a pearl in the sky, how can I get it?" Lu Yu: "Go and chop some bamboo to make a ladder, climb up to the sky and get it." Fashan: "How can you put a ladder in the sky?" Lu Yu: "Otherwise, how do you want to get it? "Zen Master Zhiji: "The pearl in the sky is like its own nature. If you can be enlightened and see your true nature, you can get the pearl. If you want to rely on external forces to achieve enlightenment, it is like trying to build a ladder to get the pearl in the sky. In the end, your work will be in vain..."
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