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.
