Japanese Proverb 2

Here is today's proverb:

猿も木から落ちる

Here it is just in hiragana:

さるもきからおちる

And in romaji:

saru mo ki kara ochiru

Literally, "Even monkeys fall from trees."

The idea is that someone can be a complete expert, as monkeys are experts in climbing out in trees, but even an expert can make a mistake, as monkeys can fall from trees. I can relate this to meditation practice because of the "monkey mind" that is always distracting us... and monkeys have monkey-minds too! They are very good at climbing trees, of course, but when they fall down, I wonder if it is not because they let their own monkey-mind distract them!

My vocabulary for today:

猿
さる
"monkey"

木
き
"tree"

落
お
"fall" (verb)

monkeys in a plum tree