Knowing Vs. Learning

There is nothing wrong with knowing stuff as long as it doesn't stop you from observing change; as long as knowing doesn't freeze you into an assumption; as long as you realize that the actual value of what you know can only be determined by how useful that knowledge is to you in the ever-changing present. Figuring that out requires openness and openness always precedes and accompanies learning.

"A fresh attitude starts to happen when we look to see that yesterday was yesterday, and now it is gone; today is today and now it is new. It is like that; every hour every minute is changing. If we stop observing change, then we stop seeing that everything is new."

Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche