Many Zen sayings capture the two. At first, they seem pretty far and foolish, but if they are more in the sense described, but actually better and more experienced, the depth can lead to personal transformation.

It is reasonable for anyone practicing Buddhism to become highly indebted to the Buddha as the freedom to reach one. It can get to the point of actually idolizing the Buddha and imagining him as a savior who watches over our actions and help us with life, especially for those who have a Christian background. Unfortunately, this is all in the head.

May treat this type of young monks move the responsibility to an imaginary father figure, the Zen master things as peeing on the statue of Buddha, or the decrease on top of ashes; rough way to show how silly it is to uphold. The statue is made of bronze or stone, but the ideas attached to the statue is made pure illusion, according to the Zen master.

Some religions outside the protection of any law or statue of the deity of them, just because of this problem worship idols. Prohibit some even mentioned the name of God for fear of conceptualizing! The tendency to be lazy and only one worship idols, rather than progress with the hard work of transforming itself into a more spiritual person.

Encourage other statues everywhere, and all kinds of religion, the religion as a reminder. Unfortunately, the statues come alive in ways that delusional, which is the focus of the religion, not what really is the religion which is the one with something larger than ourselves. Cherish, not to find the search in which the changes are necessary, we see the statue, such as deer to starring headlights!

In a lot of Buddhism, and a large statue of Buddha seated usually reflect in meditation - guilty only a statue made of copper that was formed from the mold. But for some, that can bring life to the statue itself. For example, people can see that the statue does not move from the position of mediation, while he moves like a madman all over the place, usually accomplishing very little at the end of this year.

May also described the statue a Mona Lisa smile, where one is never sure whether the Buddha is smiling or not. Some days, he seems to be smiling, and others, does not smile. One can be taken away with this, and check to see if the Buddha is smiling or not after they have been doing something good. . . or bad. Thought that really can cause a Buddhist or not to smile!

So, the idea is not to kill or Buddhist teachings, but to kill the tendency to worship him. Buddha knows that he will never serve the lighting practitioners because even though doctors have been completely release themselves in worship, they will not be processed with the wisdom that is needed to complete enlightenment. They will not develop the necessary wisdom to see the last type of mental illusion.

It is much easier to fall in love with the message not the messenger, because the message is rarely good news. Messages can show good news in the future, but for potentialize need good news to make a big change in our lives, and major changes always involve moving out of our comfort zone.

We become quite satisfied with just worshiping. After all, it's easy and convenient, and went to correct the problem to be more or less greedy, less backbiting or gossiping or less, or watch TV and pray more or less, or eating out less and give additional time to those less fortunate , or doing one of the things we have from slacking. . . well, that requires effort. It is easier for someone to pray rather than actually help them.

How can we help people who hunger in Africa, for example? We gave the church to transfer money abroad to help. What else can we do? Why go to the change themselves when the waste money on something that does not deceive. Or not? We hope that it does not make money because we have become a national idol.

Africa will see the children in the same way we see the children themselves to be more realistic. If our own children starve, we will give to the church and hope that filters down to them? No, we'll drop everything to get their food. We will be passionate about it. So what is the difference? What distance, cultural differences; what?

Maybe we can not be responsible for the world because the world is very big and we can only do so many things. And so we pray for other people, and we feel good about ourselves to pray, and we go to church and sing praises to ensure that we will go to heaven. And we make our little comfort zone.

We barricade ourselves in a cul-de-sacs, clutching the cross that hangs from our neck in the night, praying for protection from the world and certainly hiding under the covers, and we pray for the rest of the world that will be protected as well. Peeing on the cross and did not cross our minds, or did not kill Jesus, if we meet with him on the road. Because what will become of us?

What we become?

E. Raymond Rock of Fort Myers, Florida is cofounder of teachers and principals in the Southwest Florida Insight Center, http://www.SouthwestFloridaInsightCenter.com-Nya twenty-eight years of meditation experience has taken people in four continents, including two stopovers in Thailand where the he was doing in the remote northeast forests as an ordained Theravada Buddhist monk. Book, A Year to Enlightenment (Career Press / New Page Books) is now available in major bookstores and online retailers. Visit http://www.AYearToEnlightenment.com