Tuesday, December 8, 2009

The Elephant & three blind man


Long ago, in India where Buddha live. There are several pleasant ran into a heated argument about God and greatness of different religion. Each of them could not agree with one another.

So they decided to seek the enlightenment from the wise Buddha to see who is right. They asked "Old wise Buddha, how do God looks like?"

The Buddha asked his disciples to get a large magnificent elephant and four blind men.

When the six blind men and the elephant were bought to him. Buddha asked the blind men the find out what an elephant look like.

The first blind men touched the elephant leg and reported that it looked like a pillar.

The second blind man touched the elephant tummy and said that an elephant was a wall.

The third blind man touched the elephant ear and said that it was a piece of cloth.

The fourth blind man hold on to the tail and described the elephant as a piece of rope.

And all of them ran into a hot argument about the "appearance" of an elephant.

The Buddha asked the citizens: "Each blind man had touched the elephant but each of them gives a different description of the animal. Which answer is right?"

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Moral of the Story
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Everyone has their own perspective on different things. It may seems to be absolute truth but it actual it may be half truth. Open your mind to do be so sceptic

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