If one is very intelligent and well versed in the theory ie knowledgeable in the dhamma , but when comes to practicality , one is very biased , overeacted and over emotional , one lost the wisdom , compassion and equanimity plus forgiveness !
All one has been learned then cannot be seen as the Vital elements of our own propagation of the dhamma !
One has to walk the talks , otherwise ,
It is not very convincing to attract others to come to learn the Buddha dhamma from you !
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Are there passages in the EBT’s illustrate what you are thinking about?
There are few Sutta to support this. Which I can’t find it now.
one of them are:
"And how is one the type of person who thunders but doesn’t rain? There is the case where a person has mastered the Dhamma: dialogues, narratives of mixed prose and verse, explanations, verses, spontaneous exclamations, quotations, birth stories, amazing events, question & answer sessions.[1] Yet he doesn’t discern, as it actually is present, that ‘This is stress.’ He doesn’t discern, as it actually is present, that ‘This is the origination of stress.’ He doesn’t discern, as it actually is present, that ‘This is the cessation of stress.’ He doesn’t discern, as it actually is present, that ‘This is the path of practice leading to the cessation of stress.’ This is the type of person who thunders but doesn’t rain. This type of person, I tell you, is like the thunderhead that thunders but doesn’t rain.>
https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an04/an04.102.than.html
"Monks, these four types of individuals are to be found existing in the world. Which four? The one who practices neither for his/her own benefit nor for that of others. The one who practices for the benefit of others but not for his/her own. The one who practices for his/her own benefit but not for that of others. The one who practices for his/her own benefit and for that of others.>
https://www.accesstoinsight.org/ati/tipitaka/an/an04/an04.095.than.html
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