Die Geschichten und Koan um die Dharma-Nachfolge sind recht interessant. Insbesondere die von Hui Neng (Daikan Eno), dem 33. Nachfolger (6. Nachfolger in China). Die mussten damals die Dharma-Nachfolge bei Nacht durchführen. Anschließend musste er abhauen und sich verstecken, damit ihm keiner den Hals umdreht. Nachzulesen im "Denkoroku" oder auch "Weitergabe des Dharma-Lichts" genannt.
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Daiman remarked, “All the Buddhas have renounced the world for one great reason; to lead and guide others to the Other Shore in accordance with their natural abilities, great or small. Over time instructions have arisen on the Ten Stages of a Bodhisattva’s development, the Three Vehicles, the sudden and the gradual approaches and so forth as gateways for teaching. Furthermore, the unsurpassed, subtle and profound, perfectly clear, genuine and true EYE AND TREASURY OF THE TRUE LAW was imparted to the Buddha’s senior disciple, the Venerable Makakashá. In turn, IT was Transmitted down through twenty-eight generations of Indian Ancestors to Bodaidaruma. After he arrived in this land he found Great Teacher Eka who, having received IT, passed IT on until IT reached me. Now, by means of the Dharma Treasure and the Transmission Kesa, I hand IT on to you. Guard well, do not let the line become extinct.” Ená, kneeling to receive the Kesa and the Teaching, spoke, “The Teaching I have already re- ceived; on whom shall I bestow the Kesa?” Daiman replied, “Long ago, when Bodaidaruma first arrived, there was none who yet had the faith so he passed on the Kesa to make clear that the recipient had realized the Teaching. Nowadays faithful hearts are already ripe and the Kesa may prove a pretext for squabbling and strife. Let it stay with you and do not pass it on further. Moreover, you should seclude yourself in some far
distant place and bide your time until you begin to teach and convert others; the life of him who receives the Kesa hangs as if by a single thread.” "...
