This man had a great interest in knowing the truth and he bought many books and went to many seminars and with all that information, he went into a cave and he studied and studied there.

After some time, he came out, stood in the middle of the city and said: "Worship me."

Nobody paid attention but he kept insisting and this went on for days.  One month passed and he kept saying" Worship me, please." After three months, was saying: " Worship me, a little bit." Nobody paid attention. After the fifth month, people would walk over him and  pushed him aside.

He then, thought:  "Maybe, I have not understood." So, he went back to the mountains and began to study the books again, but since he had already studied them, this time he studied the books backwards and even standing on his head.

Three years passed and he went back and while passing by the town, he said:
" These are ignorant, so he went to other town and he stood in the center of the square saying: " I am beautiful, handsome, I know everything and nobody knows more than me."

Well, the people of that city were more radical and when they heard what he was saying, they made fun of him and started to stone him, so he had to run for his life.

Since there were no more towns around and since he already knew everything of what he read in the books, he decided to go away and he walked and walked until he found himself in an unknown, far away place.

He sat under a tree and thought " I know so much that I shine brighter than the sun."  The hours passed and it was almost night time, it was getting colder and darker and he said: " I will shine as the stars in the night." But there were no stars that night, it even rained, and he said: " This is an inferior world, that is why, I am not recognized." 

And he walked farther away. Many years passed and he kept walking as a madman, suffering from hunger and misery.  While traveling, he found a man sitting under a tree, and since there was no other tree around and the temperature was very hot, he sat by his side. The man greeted him and asked : " What are you doing here.?" And he answered : " Same as you, looking for shade." 

But at the same time, he was thinking: " Maybe this one, will be able to recognize my glory." And said: " Excuse me, what do you see in me?"  The man answered:
" I see a tired, ragged old man who seems to have hunger and thirst."

And he said: "Nothing else?" And the other answered: " What else should I see?"  The other one said: " Maybe you are right. But let's talk, I am a great erudite and know many secrets. How come that you have not been able to recognize me?"

And the man said: " Forgive me, but I do not know what that word means, I only know that it is hot and this tree gives me shade. I do not know anything else."

Then, the man who called himself erudite, said: " I understand now. I spent all my life, studying without realizing that the study is one thing and the practice is another. I can understand now that the truth does not belong to anybody.

This man who knows so little, knows that he is experiencing hot and he has shade under this tree. I thought that I knew very much but I realize now that I know less than him. I do not know anything, I am a fool, since this man has taught me the difference between  to know and to understand."