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Originally Posted by Gem
Indeed, wisdom is required, and that can't be taught in the way knowledge is.
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A very interesting point.
CAN wisdom be 'taught'?
People read spiritual books and 'learn' from teachers, but are they only acquiring concepts, ideas, rather than ACTUAL wisdom or understanding?
If true wisdom COULD be taught, perhaps everyone would be wise. We're all familiar, for example, with teachings about forgiveness, love, humility, and so on. Yet few display these qualities.
I think I agree with you.
I've never really looked at it that way. I always thought I'd be acquiring 'wisdom' when I read a new spiritual book. But it seems that such acquisition requires more than mere intellectual familiarity with concepts, however apparently wise they may be.