Guest guest Posted December 8, 1998 Report Share Posted December 8, 1998 > There is a Bengali proverb, dekhe sekhe and tekhe sekhe (?). > > One who is intelligent, he can see what is happening, he becomes > > cautious. And one, when actually experienced, then he becomes cautious. > > Bhakti charu swami clarifies. > > The proverb goes like "dekhe sekha and thake sheka". The literal > translation will be "learn by seeing and learn after being cheated". there is another instance of this proverb in Folio 4.11; Conversations/Morning walk - June 3, 1976, Los Angeles (760603mw.la) [record 533682] Prabhupada: By practical experience. Dekhe sekhe thekhe sekhese. Tekhe sekhese(?) means he’s a fool. Unless he comes to the actual position, he does not learn. And therefore sastra-caksus—one who follows the sastra’s instruction, he is safe. That is experienced already. (end) Personally, I made a little popup in my shadow file using Bhakti Caru Maharaja's clarification. Your servant, Vraja Kumara das Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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