Tea
Tea refreshes a body, stiffens the spirit, softens a heart, awakens thoughts and drives away the sloth.
Ancient legends says that a tea-plant was known to the Chinese about five thousand years ago. According to the legend in 515 a.d. the Hindu prince Darma wandered around southern China in order to disseminate the Buddha cult. Most of time he prayed. Once upon a time his eyes closed since he was tired and wasted. Then he fall asleep. He was afraid of the deity's rage so he cut his eyelids and threw them to the ground. By some miracle an unknown bush with white, beautiful, sweet-smelling flowers and green leaves, remained of eyelids, grew. Darma tasted of them and felt cheerful.
Would you like a cup of tea, my dear friends? As for me I think I'll make some tea at once.
Ancient legends says that a tea-plant was known to the Chinese about five thousand years ago. According to the legend in 515 a.d. the Hindu prince Darma wandered around southern China in order to disseminate the Buddha cult. Most of time he prayed. Once upon a time his eyes closed since he was tired and wasted. Then he fall asleep. He was afraid of the deity's rage so he cut his eyelids and threw them to the ground. By some miracle an unknown bush with white, beautiful, sweet-smelling flowers and green leaves, remained of eyelids, grew. Darma tasted of them and felt cheerful.
Would you like a cup of tea, my dear friends? As for me I think I'll make some tea at once.
Tea refreshes the/one's body, perks up the spirit, softens a heart, awakens thoughts and drives away the sloth.
Ancient legends say that a tea-plant was known to the Chinese about five thousand years ago.
the Hindu prince Darma wandered around southern China in order to disseminate the cult of Buddha.
Once upon a time his eyes closed since he was tired and physically spent and wasted.
By some miracle an unknown bush with white, beautiful, sweet-smelling flowers and green leaves, remaining from the eyelids, grew.
Darma tasted of them and felt cheerful.
Tea refreshes the body, strengthens the spirit, softens the heart, awakens thoughts and drives away the sloth.
or, "awakens the mind".
Ancient legends says that the tea-plant was known to the Chinese about five thousand years ago.
Even though there are multiple tea plants, it's idiomatic to say either "the" or not use an article. For example "cocoa was known during this period as..." or, "Hallucinogenic Psilocybe were known to the Aztecs as teonanácatl..."The islands were known to the Norse...".
According to the legend in 515 AD.
We capitalize AD and BC. Sometimes, they're A.D. and B.C.
the Hindu prince Darma wandered around southern China in order to spread the cult of Buddha.
Disseminate has a negative connotation in this sense, so you probably would want to say "spread" instead. Otherwise, it would sound like a criminal act - "disseminating false information", etc.
Once, his eyes closed since he was tired and spent.
"Once upon a time" is for the beginning of fairy tales. Говоришь ли "жили-были" в этом случае?
Then he fell asleep.
He was afraid of the deity's rage so he cut out his eyelids and threw them to the ground.
Maybe also "cut off" his eyelids. I'm not really sure, I've never had reason to think about it before!
By some miracle an unknown bush with white, beautiful, sweet-smelling flowers and green leaves grew from the remains of the eyelids.
Since eyelids are so small, it would be more appropriate to say "grew from the place that the eyelids had fallen."
Darma tasted of them and felt cheerful.