“You’ve mistaken the stars reflected on the surface of the lake at night for the heavens.” - A. Sapkowski, Blood of Elves
The Buddha says "my teaching is not a dogma or a doctrine, but no doubt some people will take it as such." The Buddha goes on to say "I must state clearly that my teaching is a method to experience reality and not reality itself, just as a finger pointing at the moon is not the moon itself. A thinking person makes use of the finger to see the moon. A person who only looks at the finger and mistakes it for the moon will never see the real moon." - "Old Path, White Clouds" , Thich Nhat Hanh