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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