finger pointing at the moon

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.93 in modern English

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"In the Eastern religions we are reminded that a symbol is a finger pointing at the moon and should not be mistaken for the moon, but nevertheless the pointing finger enables us to look in the right direction."
"The map, the words, the moral rules are but fingers pointing at the moon of experience. Understand the finger for what it is, and look beyond it to the source and meaning of it all."

From Buddhism.

fingers pointing at the moon (plural)

the map is not the territory

the map is not the territory

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