"Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to
time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught."
*Oscar Wilde* 1854 - 1900
This reminds me of a "Zen Koan" people would tell me long ago. The
idea was that we each learn and cannot be taught. No one teach but
only points the way and we learn it on our own.
There is a Zen teaching story that speaks of not mistaking a finger
that points to the moon for the moon itself.
http://www.eheart.com/BOOKS/fingers.html
Zen Buddhist koan to ward off the student from the fallacy of worship.
It likens the Buddha to a finger pointing at the Moon. The student can
either concentrate on the finger (i.e., worship the Buddha), or look
at the Moon (i.e., study what the Buddha taught).
Naturally, you can substitute any religious, spiritual, philosophical,
political (etc) leader, founder, teacher (etc) for the Buddha.
For example, I have heard a Zen master describe the difference between
Christians and Buddhists using this koan, when he said, "Both Christ
and the Buddha were a finger pointing at the Moon. But Christians look
at the finger, while Buddhists look at the Moon."
