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Master and Scholar
ID xx0982DD
Value 25 Weight 1.0
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  • Sold by book merchants and found in random containers as loot.
Master and Scholar
A lesson on perception.


The master argued that most people do not live in the world of Reality, but in the world created by their mind.

When one scholar came to argue on this topic, the master laid out two sticks in the shape of the letter "T" on the floor and asked:

"What do you see here?"

"The letter 'T'" answered the scholar.

"I thought so," said the master. "In nature there is no letter 'T'; there is only a symbol in your head. There are only two broken twigs here ..."