If you ask a master
to give you the dharma
he may hand you sutras.
If you ask him to explain
the meaning of the dharma
the wise master will sit
before you and say nothing.
He has given you
the greatest gift.
What will you do
with what you
have been given?

Reflection on Case 79 of Dogen’s Shobogenzo Koans (True Dharma Eye) 正法眼蔵