Crosses Quote by Anonymous

A raft needed to cross the river is discarded when the other shore is reached, not carried about on one's head.

— Gautama Buddha

To point at the moon a finger is needed, but woe to those who take the finger for the moon.

— D.T. Suzuki

To insist on a spiritual practice that served you in the past is to carry the raft on your back after you have crossed…

— Gautama Buddha

To put your hands in a river is to feel the chords that bind the earth together.

— Barry Lopez

You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft.

— Mark Twain

When finger point at moon, don't look at finger or you'll miss the moon.

— Bruce Lee

A practice can be helpful, but didn't the Buddha compare it to a raft, suggesting it be abandoned when you reach the other shore?

— Eckhart Tolle

I am a finger pointing to the moon. Don't look at me; look at the moon.

— Gautama Buddha

Do not mistake the pointing finger for the moon.

— Wei Wu Wei

My finger can point to the moon, but my finger is not the moon. You don't have to become my finger, nor do you…

— Rajneesh

When you were alone in the rising ocean, you grabbed whatever raft passed by.

— Paolo Bacigalupi

As the old Zen saying reminds us, the finger pointing at the moon is not the moon.

— Helen Palmer Geisel