BUDDHISM BASICS page 24

Words.

Buddha used to complain that the same word meant different things to different people.

And the, the WAY YOU SAY the word can create a different meaning.

How can each person convey The Buddha's lectures, word for word, with the same cadence, with the same accents, with the same meanings and submeanings...obviously not.

Whether you read it or memorize it, each person will understand the Dharma a little differently.

However, if the MAIN POINT IS UNDERSTOOD, then the Dharma has been transmitted.

Buddha Zhen Shen-Lang
"Spirit Wolf of Truth"
Patriarch of Shaolin Zen

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