Passage 55

In English

Today men read sacred texts but without faith. A student requested his teacher, "! I’ve been reading the for twenty years. I know all verses by heart. But I haven’t acquired any good fruits from this effort. Please prescribe a by which I can get results." The teacher exclaimed, "Get out, you madman! You have been reading the - instructions of the Lord Himself. You have no faith in the Lord’s words, and you profess faith in some obscure ? If you followed the sincerely, why would you need a ? What good is a to one who has no faith in the Lord?" People today also do not follow teachings. As a result, their , , , pilgrimages ... all are a waste.