Bahumpi ce saṃhita bhāsamāno,

na takkaro hoti naro pamatto,

gopova gāvo gaṇayaṃ paresaṃ,

na bhāgavā sāmaññassa hoti.

Listen

Much though one recites the sacred texts,

but acts not accordingly,

that heedless one is like a cowherd

who only counts the cows of others --

one does not partake of the blessings of the holy life.

Dhammapada 1.19

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The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom, translated from Pāli by Acharya Buddharakkhita

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