(59) Tea is a very ordinary stuff like clothing, food, etc. It is useful for everybody and needed by everybody. As a matter of fact, Buddhism, being as ordinary as every item of our daily necessities, is useful for and needed by everybody. All men are born equal in that everyone—no matter what he or she is—has in him or her a uniform share of Buddha-nature and also in that everyone is equally capable of uncovering the Buddha-nature inherent—though temporarily obscured by delusions—in him or her. Moreover practicing Chan is in a way comparable to doing “sado” whose ritual can be likened to Chan precepts. Just as “sado” ritual is apt to channel “sado” party participants to mull in the direction of comprehending the moral signification of all the related ritual activities, Chan precepts are apt to induce practitioners to sharpen their insight into the universal likelihood whereby access to perceptibility of Buddha-nature in their minds can be gained. But it is upon a practitioner’s determination to strictly pursue his self-cultivation that the success or failure of his aspiration to awakening hinges.