sunnah vs hadith - teaching vs rote learning

dealt with people simply, openly and very wisely.

The teachings are not passed along as information,
handed down as a grandfather tells traditional folk tales to 'his grandchildren
knowledge is not handed down like an antique

We must work with our individual experiences.
When we become confused,
we cannot turn back to our collection of knowledge and try to find some confirmation or consolation:

The problem is that we can interpret them (written teachings) ourselves.
written teachings are always open to the interpretation of ego

It is not enough to imitate your master or teacher;
you are not trying to become a replica of your teacher.
The teachings are an individual, personal experience,
right down to the present holder of the doctrine

one teacher experiences the truth of the teachings,
and he hands it down as inspiration to his student.
That inspiration awakens the student, as his teacher was awakened before him.
Then the student hands down the teachings to another student
and so the process goes.

The teachings have the quality of warm, fresh baked bread;
the bread is still warm and hot and fresh.
Each baker must apply the general knowledge of how to make bread to his particular dough and oven.
Then he must personally experience the freshness of this bread and must cut it fresh and eat it warm.
He must make the teachings his own and then must practice them.
It is a very living process.

it is essential to relate to yourself,
to your own experience,
If one does not relate to oneself,
then it becomes purely external entertainment,
rather than an organic personal experience