Frightening Stuff
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
So what in the world is most frightening?
I’ve looked everywhere, there’s nothing at all!
If so, is there anything frightening in people?
I’m immeasurably afraid of my own stupidity!
Don’t you mean afraid of other people’s stupidity?
That’s no trouble if our own doesn’t resist!
Isn’t the stupidity of criminals something scary?
If we aren’t stupid they won’t dare anything!
Aren’t you afraid of suffering birth, illness, aging, and death?
They burn us because we’re so enormously foolish!
Do you mean we’ll never suffer if never stupid?
I’m certain. Fear only our own big, fat stupidities!