@ orange floyd

it's like the tao...the tao that can be spoken is not the true tao. try to grasp it and it disappears. the buddha you meet is not the true buddha, it is an illusion for your ego there to stop you from continuing your journey. it's a false awakening, and if you accept it, then your search for truth has ended. instead, you must realize it's not a true awakening, that it's only an illusion, and instead continue on the path. the thing is that the buddha who you can meet and speak with is not the real cosmic buddha, but just an illusion. to "kill the buddha," you're destroying the illusion of false awakening and continuing on the path.

it's basically a short way of saying everything that was stated by pureevil760.