Tuesday, January 9, 2007

GOING BY THE BOOK

The ancient Indian texts convey a lot of wisdom. Naturally, all those texts are in sanskrit. Since one single sanskrit word answers several dictated meanings, great discrimination is needed for due interpretation of the great texts.

In the kingdom of "KANYA-KUBJA", four scholars - all former classmates — set out on a journey, taking along with them their texts.

"What route should we now take? " asked one scholar.

"Take that particular route, which parties in large numbers take to, " read one person, from a text. And that was how they did take to the 'funereal route'. They had no difficulty en route, for they followed a funeral procession.

At that site of ultimate destination, they spotted a donkey saved the foolish four.

"Knowledge is a double-edged weapon and is to be used carefully

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