Like a man floating in water
Like a man floating in water
Who dies of thirst, afraid of drowning:
So are those who are learned
Who do not apply the teaching.Like a person skilled in medicine
Who can’t cure his own disease:
So are those who are learned
Who do not apply the teaching.Like a deaf musician
Who pleases others, not hearing himself:
So are those who are learned
Who do not apply the teaching.Like someone on a corner
Saying all kinds of fine things,
While having no real inner virtue
So are those who don’t practice.~ The Flower Ornament Scripture, trans. by Thomas Cleary; from Everyday Mind, edited by Jean Smith, a Tricycle book.
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