If you believe that
the dharma is the map
to enlightenment you
are truly lost in the swamp.
If you believe there is
no need for dharma you
are wandering a desert.
Dharma will not lead
you to enlightenment
but enlightenment will
lay open all of dharma
before you.

A reflection on Case 88 of the Book of Equanimity (従容錄, Shōyōroku)