DAY 9
The Fool Who Knows His Folly
기원전 3세기 결집
ORIGINAL
Yo bālo maññati bālyaṃ, paṇḍito vāpi tena so; bālo ca paṇḍitamānī, sa ve bāloti vuccati.
📜 THE VERSE
A fool who knows his folly is, in that, wise. But a fool who thinks himself wise — he is the true fool.
❓ TODAY'S QUESTION
Do I honestly know the fact that I do not know?
📝Reflection
When Socrates said "I know that I do not know," he pointed to the very same place as this Eastern verse. The most dangerous ignorance is not not-knowing, but believing you know while you do not — for the moment you believe you know, the door to learning shuts. With age this trap grows subtler. As experience piles up, so does the illusion that "I know it all." So a truly wise old age is not a learned one, but one that can still say, "I might be wrong."
— ONGO · Curator
🌱Apply It Today
When you clash with someone today, ask just once inwardly: "Could I be wrong?" That single question keeps the door of folly from closing.
📖 Source:
Dhammapada, Ch.5 (The Fool), v.63.
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This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
