ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [145]

    Alexander Zeugin

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    Gātha 144

     

    If noble men, apt in discrimination between virtues and evils, at times, proclaim a certain fault, wise men take it as a favourable discourse and feel extremely contented. However, impudent praise by undiscriminating men, void of the knowledge of the Scripture, fails to satisfy those wise men. Certainly, ignorance is pitiful.

     

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