Caveat: 43) 내 생각만 옳다는 어리석음을 참회하며 절합니다

“I bow in repentance of all the stupidity that I believe through only my thoughts.”
This is #43 out of a series of [broken link! FIXME] 108 daily Buddhist affirmations that I am attempting to translate with my hands tied behind my back (well not really that, but I’m deliberately not seeking out translations on the internet, using only dictionary and grammar).


41. [broken link! FIXME] 내 입으로 맛 본 것만 옳다고 생각한 어리석음을 참회하며 절합니다.
       “I bow in repentance of all the stupidity that I believe by only trying tastes with my mouth.”
42. [broken link! FIXME] 내 몸으로받은 느낌만 옳다고 생각한 어리석음을 참회하며 절합니다.
       “I bow in repentance of all the stupidity that I believe by feeling only [the sensations] of my body.”
43. 내 생각만 옳다는 어리석음을 참회하며 절합니다.

I would read this forty-third affirmation as:  “I bow in repentance of all the stupidity that I believe through only my thoughts.”
Most of my stupidity arises in this way – I think of stupid things.  I’m much more likely to give credence to my own stupid ideas than to those of others.

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