Mondo (scripture)

A is a recorded collection of dialogues between a pupil and a rōshi. Zen tradition values direct experience and communication over scriptures. Some teachers go so far as to instruct their pupils to tear up their scriptures. However, sometimes the mondō acts as a guide on the method of instruction.
One example of a non-Buddhist mondō is the Sokuratesu-no-mondō, the Japanese translation of the Socratic method, whereby Socrates asked his students questions to elicit the innate truth from assumed facts.