Chapter III · The Making: One-page summary — The buds that sprout from dense thickets, with three, four…
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The passage
“The buds that sprout from dense thickets, with three, four, or five shoots, are picked by selecting those that rise most boldly.”
One-page summary
One sentence: “The buds that sprout from dense thickets, with three, four, or five shoots, are picked by selecting those that rise most boldly.”
Three words: The buds that sprout from dense thickets, with three, four…; Chapter III · The Making; disciplined practice.
One action: next time you drink tea, ask about origin, harvest, and making before you ask about fame or price.
Reading note
Read the passage once for the image, once for the judgment, and once for the practice it implies.
Practice
- Name one thing the passage asks you to notice.
- Compare it with a tea you know.
- Keep the question open.