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05 - The Fool - The Dhammapada · Sacred Texts Archive

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  Chapter five. The fool. Long is the knight to him who is awake,
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  Long is a mile to him who is tired. Long is life to
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  the foolish who do not know the true law. If a traveler does not
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  meet with one who is his better or his equal, let him firmly keep
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  to his solitary journey. There is no companionship with a fool. These sons
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  belong to me, and this wealth belongs to me. With such thoughts,
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  a fool is tormented. He himself does not belong to himself, how much
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  less sons and wealth. The fool who knows his foolishness is wise at least
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  so far. But a fool who thinks himself wise, he is called a
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  fool. Indeed, if a fool be associated with a wise man, even
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  all his life, he will perceive the truth as little as a spoon perceives
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  the taste of soup. If an intelligent man be associated for one minute only
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  with a wise man, he will soon perceive the truth as the tongue perceives
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  the taste of soup. Fools of little understanding have themselves for their greatest enemies,
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  for they do evil deeds which must bear bitter fruits. That deed is
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  not well done, of which a man must repent, and the reward of
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  which he receives crying and with a tearful face. No, that deed is
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  well done, of which a man does not repent, and the reward of
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  which he receives gladly and cheerfully. As long as the evil deed done does
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  not bear fruit, the fool thinks it is like honey. But when it
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  ripens, then the fool suffers grief. Let a fool, month after month,
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  eat his food like an ascetic with a tip of a blade of cusher
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  grass. Yet is he not worth the sixteenth particle of those who have well
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  weighed the law. An evil deed, like newly drawn milk, does not
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  turn suddenly smoldering, like fire covered by ashes. It follows the fool.
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  And when the evil deed, after it has become known, brings sorrow to
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  the fool, then it destroys his bright lot. Nay, it cleaves his
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  head. Let the fool wish for a false reputation, for precedence among the
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  big shoes, for lordship in the convents, for worship among other people.
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  May both the layman and he who has left the world. Think that this
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  is done by me. May they be subject to me in everything which is
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  to be done or is not to be done. Thus is the mind of
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  the fool, and his desire and pride increase. One is the road that
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  leads to wealth. Another the road that leads to nirvana. If the Biktu,
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  the disciple of Buddha, has learnt this, he will not yearn for
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  honor. He will strive after separation from the world. End of Chapter five