Why is it said in Buddhism that all forms are untrue? – Zen Fools

Because all forms are not inherent and innate but artificial, fabricated and imaginary.

A mountain, for example, is a mountain not because it said, “I am a mountain. Call me mountain from now on” but because we attached an imaginary label ‘mountain’ to it and believe that it is a mountain. It is not permanent but changes all the time just as we can see some mountains were the bottom of the sea many years ago. This is why all forms are untrue.

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