And those who have no mental vigilance,
Though they may hear the teachings, ponder them or meditate,
With minds like water seeping from a leaking jug,
Their learning will not settle in their memories.
-Sântideva, "Bodhicaryâvatâra"
Namaste
Peace and Love
2007-02-09 01:17:32 · 5 answers · asked by digilook 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This reminds me of something the apostle Paul wrote to Timothy in 2 Timothy 3:7 --
"Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth."
(Descriping people who fit the mold of the first 6 verses.)
2007-02-09 01:32:59 · answer #1 · answered by Abdijah 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds a lot like the words of Jesus.
Matthew 13, 3-9(NIV)
3Then he told them many things in parables, saying: "A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. 6But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. 7Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. 8Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. 9He who has ears, let him hear."
2007-02-09 01:27:35 · answer #2 · answered by hazydaze 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Give instruction to a wise man,
and he will be yet wiser:
teach a just man,
and he will increase in learning.
Proverbs 9:9
2007-02-09 01:34:42 · answer #3 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Profound and well said. As a teacher of adults, I find this to be very true.
2007-02-09 01:21:30 · answer #4 · answered by Kallan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are people who absorb no knoowledge,for they are close-minded and let nothing in or nothing settle in
2007-02-09 01:28:43 · answer #5 · answered by woodsonhannon53 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋