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標題: Blind Men and Elephant [打印本頁]

作者: kao1306    時間: 2014-12-1 08:33
標題: Blind Men and Elephant
Blind Men and Elephant

Once upon a time, there was a king who, wishing to amuse himself, ordered the royal elephant to be brought before him. He ordered some blind men, blind from birth, to be brought near the elephant. He then asked these blind men to touch the elephant and describe what the elephant was like. The man who touched the tail said that the elephant was like a broom. The one who touched a leg said that it was like tree. The one who touched the body said it was like a wall. The one who touched the ear said the elephant was like a winnowing fan. Thus each described the elephant differently, but each was sure that his own version was the true description of the elephant. They did not realize that each one touched only a part of the elephant. Each blind person had only a one-sided or unilateral view of the elephant. Not knowing the whole truth, they started arguing with each other, each sticking to his own point of view. The argument ended up in quarreling and fighting. The king and his ministers rolled in laughter as the blind men continued to quarrel with each other.

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作者: kao1306    時間: 2014-12-1 08:44
盲人摸像(或稱瞎子摸像)的故事取自《涅槃經》[1]、《長阿含經》,大概起源於印度,可能是耆那教或佛教,有時也歸於蘇菲派和印度教。
《涅槃經》卷三○載:「其觸牙者,即言像形如萊茯根(蘿蔔);其觸耳者,言像如箕;其觸頭者,言像如石;其觸鼻者,言像如杵;其觸腳者,言像如木臼;其觸脊者,言像如床;其觸腹者,言像如甕;其觸尾者,言像如繩。」《長阿含經·卷十九·龍鳥品》、《百喻經》、《菩薩處胎經》亦載此一故事。在各種不同的版本中一群盲人觸摸大像希望可以了解到他們正在摸什麼。每個人都只觸摸一部分。每個人在觸摸到不同的部位後得到完全不同的結論,產生爭執。故事基本上說:事實往往由於各人角度不同而被給以不同的解釋



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