Shoun became a teacher of Soto Zen. When he was still a student his father passed away, leaving him to care for his old mother.
Whenever Shoun went to a meditation hall he always took his mother with him. Since she accompanied him, when...
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When everyone was together in the hall and ready to listen to him, he immediately descended the seat and went back to his quarter. The host of the monastery followed him and asked: -Sir, you promised to give the community a sermon, why you did not speak any words like this? Yao-shan replied: -If the community want to hear about the sutras, they have sutra-teachers; if they want to hear about the sastras, they have sastra-teachers, there is no reason to blame this old monk.
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