Passage 33

In English

Realise the value of human birth

In spite of reading sacred texts, in spite of listening to , if one does not practise, one just makes one’s brain a book. A library has a big building. There are of books in it, but each book has one subject. If one questions the library room, it does not respond. There are plenty of books in the library room, but the room does not give reply to one’s questions. In the same manner, we are collecting all worldly matter in our head. We make our head a library room. All information is dumped in it, but there is no reply even to one question. What is the reason? The reason is lack of practice.