Chuang-tzu once compared studying the words of sages to collecting dried turds, while Chinese Zen masters demanded huo-yu (living words) from their disciples. Hence, when we study and explain this teaching to others, we should not restrict ourselves to the written or printed text. Only if we discover and make known its true meaning will this lineage continue.
---Red Pine, in his commentary to the Diamond Sutra---
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