HOW TO BECOME WISE – THREE WAYS OF ATTAINING WISDOM

HOW TO BECOME WISE – THREE WAYS OF ATTAINING WISDOM

By three methods we may learn Wisdom

1. First, by REFLECTION which is noblest

2. Second, by IMITATION which is the easiest

3. Third, by EXPERIENCE which is the bitterest

Confucius

Do you agree with the ancient Chinese Proverb?

Tell us, Dear Reader, which do you think is the best and most effective way to learn?

BE ORIGINAL DO NOT IMITATE DO NOT PLAGIARIZE

A Teaching Story – Gutei’s Finger

BE ORIGINAL DON'T IMITATE OR PLAGIARIZE

By

VIKRAM KARVE

I feel very sad when some unscrupulous persons plagiarize my writings, especially copy-paste my blogs, and try to pass off my writing as their own. To such persons I can only say; "Please create your own original writing, especially fiction, and don't plagiarize others' works - yes, please be original, don't imitate or plagiarize." And then to drive home the point regarding the dangers of imitation and plagiarism, I can tell them this story, a favourite teaching story of mine, called GUTEI'S FINGER   

A Teaching Story – Gutei’s Finger

Whenever anyone asked him about Zen, the great master Gutei would quietly raise one finger into the air.

A boy in the village began to imitate this behaviour.

Whenever he heard people talking about Gutei’s teachings, he would interrupt the discussion and raise his finger.

Gutei heard about the boy’s mischief.

When he saw the mischievous boy in the street, he seized him and cut off his finger.

The stunned boy cried in agony and got so frightened that he began to run off, but Gutei called out to him.

When the boy turned to look, Gutei raised his finger into the air.

At that moment the boy became enlightened.

VIKRAM KARVE

Copyright © Vikram Karve 2012

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About Vikram Karve

A creative person with a zest for life, Vikram Karve is a retired Naval Officer turned full time writer. Educated at IIT Delhi, ITBHU Varanasi, The Lawrence School Lovedale and Bishops School Pune, Vikram has published two books: COCKTAIL a collection of fiction short stories about relationships (2011) and APPETITE FOR A STROLL a book of Foodie Adventures (2008) and is currently working on his novel and a book of vignettes and short fiction. An avid blogger, he has written a number of fiction short stories, creative non-fiction articles on a variety of topics including food, travel, philosophy, academics, technology, management, health, pet parenting, teaching stories and self help in magazines and published a large number of professional research papers in journals and edited in-house journals for many years, before the advent of blogging. Vikram has taught at a University as a Professor for almost 15 years and now teaches as a visiting faculty and devotes most of his time to creative writing. Vikram lives in Pune India with his family and muse - his pet dog Sherry with whom he takes long walks thinking creative thoughts.

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Quote for Children's Day

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.


Herman Melville

DANGERS OF IMITATION

Perils of IMITATION

ORIGINALITY and IMITATION

A Teaching Story – Gutei’s Finger

I always exhort my students to be original and not imitate (or plagiarize) especially while conducting dissertation studies, writing research reports, etc

In order to drive home this point I like to tell them one of my favourite teaching stories: GUTEI’S FINGER

Whenever anyone asked him about Zen, the great master Gutei would quietly raise one finger into the air.

A boy in the village began to imitate this behaviour.

Whenever he heard people talking about Gutei’s teachings, he would interrupt the discussion and raise his finger.

Gutei heard about the boy’s mischief.

When he saw him in the street, he seized him and cut off his finger.

The boy cried and began to run off, but Gutei called out to him.

When the boy turned to look, Gutei raised his finger into the air.

At that moment the boy became enlightened.

VIKRAM KARVE

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