Names are the guests of reality

[taodenairn]

As said by Zhuangzi the taoist sage.

 

 

What does this enigmatic quote mean?

[Marblehead]

The names are not real. They are only labels; representations of what we have labelled. Of course, what we have labelled already existed and it didn't need our help in reifying it with a label.

[Bud Jetsun]

Words are fabricated human constructs.

 

Words cannot express truth.

Words cannot express understanding.