Liu-chi Meditation No. 1
“If you meet the buddha, kill the buddha.” - Liu-chi
Embrace the Wisdom Without and Within.
A buddha can represent a teacher or a teaching. When you think beyond the literal meaning that definitely violates the NAP, you start to understand what Liu-chi was laying down.
Buddhas are there in your life to give you knowledge, focus your journey, or teach you a way of living. But, once you learn what the buddha knows, you can move on.
A teaching is an external influence. A teaching is someone else’s view on the world. A teaching is not you.
All modes of thought are either useful or not. So meeting the buddha is fine. Being friendly with the buddha is your choice. But you are not the buddha. You are you.
So you can pretend to be the buddha or you can be you?
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