Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) — "Much though he recites the sacred texts, but acts not accordingly, that heedless…"

Much though he recites the sacred texts, but acts not accordingly, that heedless man is like a cowherd who only counts the cows of others.
Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) — Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) Ancient · Founder of Buddhism

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From a teaching on hypocrisy (Dhammapada 19)

Date: c. 5th-6th Century BCE

Philosophical

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