They wonder what it means to "learn Religion", Uncertain what to study or how. Dhamma classes and Pali language aren't enough, Graduate to meditation & vipassana. Learn & learn, all you get is "learning". Some get sick or end up "religion crazed", With many things foolhardy & excessive, Till filled up with status & gains, losing Nibbana. The only place to learn religion is in the eyes & ears, Whenever dukkha occurs at one sense or another. Learn how to pull back the bridge, so That Mara hasn't a chance to mess with you. Learn directly right there in the suffering, Looking with the right method & model Intercept the concoting process of the troubled Mind, it can calm down & dukkha disappears.'
Learning Religion by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu, in 'Ethical Poems'.
Translation by Santikaro Bhikkhu.











