“Even when you see that something is true, you can’t grab hold of it. It’s like a dog: Try grabbing hold of a dog’s leg without letting go, and it will turn around and bite you. Or a snake: Try grabbing hold of its tail, grabbing hold without letting go. It’ll simply bite you. So don’t hold on. Let it go. Put it down.
It’s the same with conventions. We act in line with conventions, but we’re taught not to grab hold of them. They’re there to use, to provide us with conveniences so that we can live. They’re not there to grab hold of them, to latch onto them to the point of giving rise to suffering and stress. The things that you understand to be right: If you latch onto them, you separate your mind into two parts—because your views have turned wrong.”