Much though he recites the sacred texts, but acts not accordingly, that heedless man is like a cowherd who only counts the cows of others.
Founder of Buddhism
Much though he recites the sacred texts, but acts not accordingly, that heedless man is like a cowherd who only counts the cows of others.
Founder of Buddhism
From a teaching on hypocrisy (Dhammapada 19)
c. 5th-6th Century BCE
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