Giving and receiving
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The Japanese Zen master Bunan Shido had only one dharma successor, Shoju Rojin.
Bunan Shido: I am getting old. I am going to give you a book of teachings to represent your successorship.
Shoju Rojin: I received your Zen without written words and I am satisfied with it as it is. You had better keep the book.
Bunan Shido: This book has been handed down for seven generations, so you ought to keep it as a symbol of having received the teachings. Here.
Shoju Rojin: Very well.
After receiving the book, Shoju Rojin immediately burned the book. Bunan Shido was furious.
Bunan Shido: What are you doing!?
Shoju Rojin: What are you saying?
commentary：
Understanding and action are one. If one expounds the teachings but does not live them, then it is just like merely mouthing Zen.
正受是无难禅师的徒弟。
无难： 我老了，此书极有价值，现在交给你表示你的继承。
正受： 我接受你不立文字的禅，我喜欢它的本来面目。这本书你还是自己保存着吧。
无难： 这本书已传了七代，你还是拿去，作为承受衣缽的表记。
正受： 好吧。
正受接得此书后，立即将它投入炭火之中。
无难吼道： 你在干什么？
正受回吼道： 你在说什么？
评注：
知与行应合而为一，讲学而不身体力行，正如不懂佛理而只会念经的口头禅。
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