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The Zen expression “Kill the Buddha!” means to kill any concept of the Buddha as something apart from oneself.

Peter Matthiessen
Mean, Expression, Oneself
Peter Matthiessen (1998). “Nine-Headed Dragon River: Zen Journals 1969-1982”, p.50, Shambhala Publications
The Zen expression “Kill the Buddha!” means to kill any concept of the Buddha as something apart from oneself.