Know Reality - Be Wise
The Story of Two Pick-pockets
Chapter 5: Fools • Verse 4
The Story of Two Pick-pockets
Chapter 5: Fools • Verse 4
A fool who knows his foolishness is wise at least to that extent, but a fool who thinks himself wise is a fool indeed.
While residing at the Jetavana Monastery, the Buddha spoke this verse with reference to two pick-pockets.
Two companions went along with a great crowd to the Jetavana Monastery to hear the Buddha. One of them listened to the Teaching, while the other watched for a chance to steal.
Through listening to the Teaching, the first entered the stream (attained sotapatti). The second found five coins tied to a man's belt and stole them.
That day the thief had food cooked as usual in his house, but there was no cooking done in his companion's house. The thief and his wife mocked the other man, saying he was so very wise that he could not even earn enough money to have meals cooked in his own home.
The one who had entered the stream thought to himself that this man, precisely because he was a fool, did not think himself a fool. He went to the Jetavana Monastery with his relatives and told the Buddha what had happened.
The Story of Two Pick-pockets
Chapter 5: Fools • Verse 4
A fool who knows his foolishness is wise at least to that extent, but a fool who thinks himself wise is a fool indeed.
While residing at the Jetavana Monastery, the Buddha spoke this verse with reference to two pick-pockets.
Two companions went along with a great crowd to the Jetavana Monastery to hear the Buddha. One of them listened to the Teaching, while the other watched for a chance to steal.
Through listening to the Teaching, the first entered the stream (attained sotapatti). The second found five coins tied to a man's belt and stole them.
That day the thief had food cooked as usual in his house, but there was no cooking done in his companion's house. The thief and his wife mocked the other man, saying he was so very wise that he could not even earn enough money to have meals cooked in his own home.
The one who had entered the stream thought to himself that this man, precisely because he was a fool, did not think himself a fool. He went to the Jetavana Monastery with his relatives and told the Buddha what had happened.