A. As mentioned previously many times, the purpose of Buddhism is to see and hear all things as they are. To see things as they are means to see them as the same without discrimination.
However, the act of using words, that is, the act of speaking, or writing always requires discrimination that is a prior act of comparing, and selecting in order to find words, verses, or to make sentences that fit the situation and the context. In short, words are the products of discrimination. So, ancient masters meant that we should make no discrimination.
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