A Heart Released

1. Practice is what keeps the true Dhamma pure.
    The lord Buddha taught that this Dhamma, when placed in the heart of an ordinary run-of- mill person, is
bound to be thoroughly corrupted
(saddhamma-patirupa); but if placed in the heart of a Noble One, it is bound to be genuinely pure and authentic, something that at the same time can neither be effaced nor obscured.

    So as along  as we are devoting ourselves merely to the theoretical study of the Dhamma, it can't sever us well. Only when we have trained our hearts to eliminate their' chameleons' (see 10)-their corruptions (upakkilesa)-will it benefit us in full measure. And only then will the true Dhamma be kept pure, free  from distortion and deviations from its original principle.