Buddhism doesn’t say that we shouldn’t rely on words and letters but that we should use them well and wisely as expedient means. Words and letters are like a finger pointing to the moon and not the moon itself.
When hearing, or reading words ‘Everything is from the mind’, we should not be attached to these words, thinking that they are the core of Buddhism. Instead, we should see them not only as words but also as the function of the mind as well, because the words are also the function of the mind when everything is mind.
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