Book 3 and Epilogue Summary

Fuji and Dan panic, finding Mama Chia napping and rehearsing her death. Fuji advises that the best way to win a fight is to lose it. Dan and Mama Chia toast one another with sake and Dan passes out. In the morning, Mama Chia tells Dan he is not "general manager of the universe," explains that "House Rules" forbid handing out where he is to go next; that can be found in Inner Records. Holiness is everywhere, unseen. Dan is almost ready for the leap but cannot rush it. He should not get too attached to any teacher. When a student is ready, a teacher appears, and when Dan's faith in himself is strong enough, he will know. She instructs him to meet her in the forest at sunset.

Dan resolves to use his Basic Self to intuit the...