If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him
Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior (Shambhala Classics)
Chögyam Trungpa, Carolyn Rose Gimian (Editor)
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The Buddha in Your Mirror: Practical Buddhism and the Search for Self
Woody Hochswender • 1 highlight
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We are all by now familiar with Rinzai’s old saying “If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him.” That saying, once startling, is in danger of becoming a cliché, preventing us from experiencing the full force of the words. We need to “kill” any idea we have of the buddhahood being “out there,” or down the road or in any way outside ourselves.