The Buddha’s Teachings
are not the Truth

The Truth is the experience
of the Buddhas’ teachings,
which is timeless awareness.

The Buddhas’ teaching is the boat,
used to carry us to our ultimate destination.

Once we have arrived,
the boat may become a hinderance.
We no longer need to decorate it,
or drag it around .

Our boat may become more attractive
than the experience of the teachings:
an obscuration
to the experience of timeless awareness itself.

All the Buddhas can do
is point the way.