“If you amass intellectual learning just so that you will be influential and famous, your state of mind is no different from that of a beggar sponging off the rich. Such knowledge will bring no advantage either to yourself or to others. As the proverb goes: ‘Much knowledge, much pride.’ How can you be of help to others unless you subjugate the negative tendencies that are anchored in your very being? To think that you can is just a joke – like a penniless beggar inviting the whole village to a feast.”
— Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
March 18, 2009, 12:00am Link
