'산은 산이요 물은 물이로다'라는 법어집과 불경국역집을 남긴 성철 스님은 승려는 수행만이 중생을 위하는 길이라며 일절 모습을 드러내지 않고 암자에 칩거, 정진수도에만 전념했던 현시대의 대표적인 선승이다.
The monk Seongcheol, who left Beomeojip saying "Mountain is a mountain and water is water," and Korean version of Bulgyeong, is one of the most representative monks of the modern era who did not show up at all, saying that only practice is the way for the common people, and devoted himself to stay in hermitage and to practice.