299. Learn this from the waters;
In mountain clefts and chasms,
Loud gush the streamlets,
But great rivers flow silently.
Empty things make a noise,
The full is always quiet.
The fool is like a half-filled pot,
The wise man like a deep still pool.
Sutta Nipata 720-721
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I love these verses!
Thanks Mike.
By: benoloughlin on 10/26/2015
at 8:27 pm
Ben,
They’re pretty awesome!
By: Upāsaka on 10/26/2015
at 9:22 pm