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where were the Brahmins, where were the priests, the wise ones and the penitents—those who were successful not only in knowing this deepest wisdom but also in living it? Where were the elders who could merge this Atman of their dreams with the waking being, to bring it fully into their lives and into their words and deeds?
When you throw a rock into the water, it hurries on the fastest course to the bottom of the water. This is how it is when Siddhartha has a goal, a resolution. Siddhartha does nothing; he waits, he thinks, he fasts, but he passes through the things of the world like a rock through water, without doing anything, without stirring. He is drawn; he lets himself fall. His goal attracts him, because he doesn’t let anything enter his soul which might oppose the goal.
wisdom cannot be passed on. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to pass on to someone always sounds like foolishness.”
Knowledge can be transferred, but not wisdom. It can be found and lived, and it is possible to be carried by it.
