Drinking Tea should be done truthfully. What does it mean to do so?

Truthfully means clearly understanding all the sensations in the present moment: knowing bitterness as bitter, Sweetness as sweet, coldness when it's cold, warmth when it's warm. Drinking Tea is simply that.

When tea is in water, there's nothing but floating and sinking—either it floats or it sinks; if it sinks, it doesn't float.

People moving about in the world are nothing more than guests and hosts—if one is the host, they aren't a guest; if a guest, they're not the host.

Floating and sinking, being a guest or host, these comings and goings are like passing clouds—ungraspable, yet not nonexistent. There are illusions of appearance and disappearance.

The nature of tea is to progress from concentrated to light, from hot to cool. “The tea cools when the guest leaves” is a phenomenon. By remaining fully present with a Cup of tea, one can enjoy the joy and freedom it brings without the delusion of “the tea cooling when the guest leaves.”

Is there a distinction between good and bad tea? Of course, there is. From a conventional perspective, there are countless ways to differentiate teas, with different grades and levels.

However, from an unconventional standpoint, tea is undivided—it manifests according to one's sensations, which vary from person to person, ultimately rooted in a single thought.

A cup of clear tea has infinite flavors, but who can adequately express them through words?

After all, language isn't the ultimate truth, nor is the infinite aftertaste—the latter is merely a realm of delusion.

In this bustling world, how does one find liberation?

When drinking tea, if one can remain neither sad nor joyful, without a hint of chill, the myriad tastes in tea will come and go, lingering warmly without attachment. There's no need to cling to any particular taste; let every encounter unfold naturally.

Be an observer, watching it, and you'll know that only by doing nothing can everything be embraced. Embracing is liberation. The mind is formless, while the environment has form. If there's something on your mind, there's a form in your mind. A knot in the heart means there's a form in the heart, a background color.

Is the relationship with tea one of deep friendship or a chance encounter?

The interplay of light and shadow, the journey through mountains and rivers—one feels joy at first sight, like meeting a long-lost lover, speechless yet filled with unspeakable words.

In the time spent with tea, the dust of the world is washed away, and the seeds of wisdom hidden within the storehouse of reality take root and sprout, revealing boundless “as-it-is” satisfaction.

A cup of clear tea, unrelated to wind and moon, is simply tea as it is, with its warmth and coolness, bitterness and sweetness, gains and losses following the tea.

Once immersed in tea, let everything follow the tea.

In ordinary days, dwell with tea, and a ripple stirs the tranquil lake surface, reflecting the rosy glow, light and transparent.