"O you, followers of the Way, do not consider Buddha a consummation of being. As I see him he is not unlike a cesspool. Bodhisattvas and Arhats - they are all instruments that will fetter you like the cangue and chain. Therefore, Manjusri kills Gautama with his sword while Anglimala wounds the Shakya with his knife. O you, followers of the way, there is no Buddhahood that is attainable. Such teachings as 'the triple vehicle', 'the five classes of beings', 'the perfect doctrine', 'the abrupt doctrine', and so on - they are all so many means employed for the curing of various diseases; they are not realities at all. Whatever reality they may claim, they do not go any further than an idle disposition of letters. So I declare"
-Rinzai, Studies in Zen, D.T. Suzuki, p.23
Discussion:
For curing various diseases! Ah ha!
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