Tzu Kui from the Southern Suburb asked Woman Ju:
- You are already many years old, but you still look very young, why?
“I recognized the Path,” answered Woman Ju.
— Is it possible to learn the Way? - asked Tzu-Kui.
- Oh no, you can't. You're not fit for this. I knew one person named Bulyan I. He had the abilities of a true sage, but did not know how to follow the righteous Path. And I know how to walk the righteous Path, but I do not have the abilities of the wise. I tried to teach him the Way, because he really could become a real sage. After all, it is not at all difficult to explain the path of the wise to someone who is endowed with the abilities of a sage. I began to protect him so that the truth would be revealed to him, and after three days he could be outside the Celestial Empire. When he learned to be outside of the Celestial Empire, I took care of him again, and after seven days he learned to be outside of things. After he was able to be outside of things, I took care of him again, and nine days later he was able to be outside of life. And, having learned to be outside of life, in his heart he became like a “clear dawn.” Having become a “clear dawn” in his heart, he was able to see the Lonely One. And, having seen the Lonely within himself, he was able to be outside the past and present. Having transcended the difference between past and present, he was able to enter where there is neither birth nor death. For that which kills the living does not itself know death, and that which gives birth to the living does not itself live. What is this? It follows everything that leaves and welcomes everything that comes, everything can destroy, everything can create. That’s why they call it “peace amidst excitement.” “Peace in the midst of excitement” means: everything reaches completion through the constant excitement of life.
- How did you know all this? - asked Tzu-Kui.
Woman Ju replied:
“I took it from the Son of the Scribe, the Son of the Scribe took it from the Grandson of the Reader, the Grandson of the Reader took it from the Clear Eye, the Clear Look got it from the Sensitive Hearing, the Sensitive Hearing took it from the Tireless Worker, the Tireless Worker took it from the Sweet-voiced, the Sweet-voiced took it from The Deepest Darkness, The Deepest Darkness took it from the Majestic Expanse, and the Majestic Expanse took it from the Doubtful Beginning.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru