Following Fools or Sages

If a man string putrid fish on a blade of kusa grass.
that same grass will putrid smell.

So with him who follows fools.

If a man wraps frankincense in a leaf,
that leaf smells sweet.

So with those who follow sages.

>From the Itivuttaka

I dedicate this to our Divine Teachers, true sages...
and to all the sweet smelling devotees who follow them.

Ardis