Popular Culture Review Vol. 7, No. 2, August 1996 | Page 66

Philosophy, religion, patriotism, all are empty idols. The only meaning in our lives is what we each bring to them. Killing the Buddha on the road means destroying the hope that anything outside of ourselves can be our master.... Othenvise, we continue to force meaning onto things, mistaking explanation for understanding. — IF YOU MEET THE BUDDHA 188