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“Our sect follows the Righteous Path,” the Sword of Beginning’s teacher said. “What is the Righteous Path? How would you answer?”
His teacher’s words made him think. Righteous. Being right.
As the thoughts crossed his mind, he quickly answered, “I believe it means pursuing what is right.”
“What is the meaning of being right?”
After pondering, he answered, “Literally, it means not being wrong.”
“What’s the difference between what’s not wrong and what’s wrong?”
The Sword of Beginning thought but couldn’t answer.
His teacher raised his bandaged hand and pointed somewhere. “What does that appear to be?”
He looked in the direction his teacher pointed. A fluffy cloud drifted across a spring sky so blue it almost hurt to look at.
“It appears to be a cloud.”
“Yes, a cloud. How does that appear to you?”
His teacher’s question made him think again. The reply came after a long pause.
“It looks sad.”
“Why?” his teacher asked.
“The sky is vast, but the cloud is alone.”
“Hmm.”
A line appeared on his teacher’s smooth face; a smile spread on his lips.
Crouching down, his teacher said, “What you said at first is right. Calling a cloud a cloud isn’t wrong, or seeing and accepting all things in heaven and earth as they are. Mountains are mountains, clouds are clouds, the wind is the wind, and water is water. That is the Righteous...
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