A blind man who touched its Unlocking Transcendence foot said the elephant was like a coconut tree. The other one who touched its tail said the elephant was like a snake. While the other one who touched its tusk said the elephant was just like a plowshare. And so forth. But no one gave the exact description about the animal.At the end of the story, the King reminded all to end the useless debate and asked them to live together in peace, and be more tolerant in coping with other's opinions.
It cannot be conveyed through books, cannot be delivered through words. It can be shown only. It can only be experienced. That is Zen (Boddhidharma)When I join online forum discussions in FB and other internet forums, I find one thing in common that is we are so good talking & discussing about God. We use thousand of words very well as if we know God very well. Isn't funny? Even we do not really know about our own wife 100 %. Ha ha ha...
It is not the knowledge of God which is the most important. Yet, the most important point is to feel God. This far, if we are honest even though we have read so many books and our head full of knowledge, we are actually no better than those blind people in the story above. We only guess about God yet we do not have any complete knowledge about Him.
It cannot be conveyed through books, cannot be delivered through words. It can be shown only. It can only be experienced. That is Zen (Boddhidharma)When I join online forum discussions in FB and other internet forums, I find one thing in common that is we are so good talking & discussing about God. We use thousand of words very well as if we know God very well. Isn't funny? Even we do not really know about our own wife 100 %. Ha ha ha...
It is not the knowledge of God which is the most important. Yet, the most important point is to feel God. This far, if we are honest even though we have read so many books and our head full of knowledge, we are actually no better than those blind people in the story above. We only guess about God yet we do not have any complete knowledge about Him.
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