The core of the teachings by this "human being" that is central to Buddhist mythology support the idea that referring to this conceptual tool as "Lord Buddha" is the antithesis of the clarity that "he" experienced in "his" journey into the depths of the mind and that "he" dedicated "his" life to passing on. Understanding "The Buddha" as a real person and elevating "him" to the status of "Lord" turns "him" into precisely what his teachings were designed to dissolve - a deluding obscuration.