The parable of three blind men and an elephant in Jainsim

 The parable of three blind men and an elephant in Jainsim

There were three blind men living in a village who had never heard of an elephant. When a groom riding an elephant came to the village they heard about the animal, They expressed their desire to touch the elephant and imagine it and tell one another what was an elephant like.

Elephant was big and each of them touched it to learn and imagine what the elephant was like.  Each blind man felt a different part of the animal's body and imagined its shape.

Then they described the animal based on their limited experience and each one's elephant was different.  They soon started calling one another liars and came to blows. They were separated and whisked away for the marriage procession to move on.

(Note: The parable has been modified for three stage learning from it)

A. Which of the following statements do you agree to and why?

1. People often blinded by their vanity think that their limited subjective experiences are true that causes differences and disunity

2. Blind faith in our own or others' limited knowledge leads to all kinks of ills and sorrows

3. Part cannot be equal to whole and Truth is limitless to be perused through discovery from moment to moment with humility

4. Listen to everyone's view-point to synthesise a better picture of reality as a continuous process

B. Discuss in in small groups and share your notion about Truth

C. The physical transient world is false: write a paragraph of 50 words

 

 

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