All Buddhist teachings are for the purpose of helping us, but if we cling to them as though they themselves are the goal, they can become more of a hindrance than a help to continuing on the path. We should welcome the Buddha's teachings with joy and make use of them in our lives, but we should not cling to them as though the teachings themselves are the goal.
---Gene Reeves, in The Stories of the Lotus Sutra---
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