dear Dean,<div><br></div><div>I can&#39;t answer your question, but I remember seeing this expression (it&#39;s been years and memory fades) in the Kathāsaritsāgara, a decidedly un-buddhist source....</div><div><br></div><div>
jonathan<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 9:44 AM, Dean Michael Anderson <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:eastwestcultural@yahoo.com" target="_blank">eastwestcultural@yahoo.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif">Does anyone have the exact text reference for the statement attributed to Nagarjuna that one should look to the moon, not the finger pointing to the moon? In other words, the words of the teaching are not the same as their realization.<br>
<br>Best,<br><br>Dean<br><span></span><div><br></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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