5 - Balavagga, The Fool
5 - Udayitthera Vatthu
Yavajivampi ce balo, panditam payirupasati;64: A fool, even though he is associated with a wise man all his life, does not understand the Dhamma, just as a ladle does not know the taste of soup.
na so dhammam vijanati, dabbi suparasam yatha.
Reference:
Mya Tin, Daw, tr. The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories. Rangoon: Burma Tipitaka Association, 1986.
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