Though a man recite a hundred poems, 1958
Record number
cm001137
Title
Though a man recite a hundred poems
Date
1958
Medium
brush, ink
Support
paper
Dimensions
553 x 755 mm (s)
Inscriptions
Colin McCahon October 1958 (pen and ink, b.r.)
Collection
Extended inscriptions
Though a man recite a
hundred poems made
up of senseless words one
word is better which if
a man hears he becomes
quiet. Though a man recite
a thousand poems made up
of senseless words one word is
better which if a man hears he
becomes quiet.
hundred poems made
up of senseless words one
word is better which if
a man hears he becomes
quiet. Though a man recite
a thousand poems made up
of senseless words one word is
better which if a man hears he
becomes quiet.
Notes
The text in this work is derived from 'The Thousands', from the Buddhist text The Dhammapada.