2006-12-12 22:06:31 · 16 answers · asked by venkatraman s 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
I have heard of the story of 6 blindmen and an elephant and not 7 blindmen. However the moral of the story is same. the story of 6 blindmen goes like this-
Once the people who lived in a small village were always arguing and fighting among each other about God and different religions. They could never agree to a common answer. So they came to the Buddha to find out what exactly God looks like.
The Buddha asked his disciples to get a large magnificent elephant and six blind men. He then brought the blind to the elephant and asked them to describe what an elephant looks like.
The first blind man touched the elephant leg and reported that it
"looked" like a tree trunk.
The second blind man touched the elephant's stomach and
said that the elephant was a wall.
The third blind man touched the elephant ear and said that it was a fan.
The fourth blind man touched the elephant's tail and described the elephant as a piece of rope.
The fifth blind man felt the elephant’s tusks and described it as a
spear.
And the sixth blind man rubbed the elephant's snout and got
very scared because he thought it was a snake.
(I have edited the original story and added 7th blindman, who I would say, touched the elephant and felt it was a mountain.)
All of them got into a big 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?" "All of them are right," was the reply.
Why?
Because everyone can only see one part of the elephant. They are not able to see the whole animal. The same applies to God and to religions. No one will see Him completely."
By this parable, Buddha taught that we should respect all other religions and their beliefs.-
2006-12-12 23:37:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Three blind men in a room with an elephant. All three men wanted to know what an elephant because they have never known of one before. So the first man walks forward and and reaches out and grabs the trunk. After a moment he walks back and says "this elephant is kind of like a big snake daggling in the air". The second blind man walks up and reaches out and grabs the elephants ear and after a moment walks back and says "This elephant is like a big fan type of thing" The third man walks up reaches out and runs into the elephant's side. After a moment he walks back and says "whats wrong with you two it is truly like a massive wall of muslce and hair"
the story is about 3 blind men.. not 7..
2006-12-12 22:19:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never mind how the story goes. These are my seven blind men’s views: -
Man 1: A wall (Because he felt the elephant's side)
Man 2: A big fan (Because he felt the elephant's ears)
Man 3: A pillar (Because he felt the elephant's leg)
Man 4: A rope (Because he felt the elephant's tail)
Man 5: A python (Because he felt the elephant's trunk)
Man 6: A pointed dagger (Because he touched the elephant's tusk
Man 7: A warm womb (Because his hand slipped into the elephant's ar$e hole
2006-12-13 08:46:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Man 1: A wall (Because he felt the elephant's side)
Man 2: A big fan (Because he felt the elephant's ears)
Man 3: A pillar (Because he felt the elephant's leg)
Man 4: A rope(Because he felt the elephant's tail)
Man 5 : A hanging snake (Because he felt the elephant's trunk)
Man 6: A smelly hole (Because he stood near the elephant's back)
Man 7 : A huge mass of flesh moving up and down, which when rubbed discharged a bucket full of warm fluid.
2006-12-12 23:09:35 · answer #4 · answered by curious 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Man 1: A wall (Because he felt the elephant's side)
Man 2: A big fan (Because he felt the elephant's ears)
Man 3: A pillar (Because he felt the elephant's leg)
Man 4: A rope(Because he felt the elephant's tail)
Man 5 : A hanging snake (Because he felt the elephant's trunk)
Man 6: A smelly hole (Because he stood near the elephant's back)
Man 7 : A huge mass of flesh moving up and down, which when rubbed discharged a bucket full of warm fluid.
2006-12-13 15:52:39 · answer #5 · answered by arpita 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its four blind men,
One says its a snake after holding on to the trunk and the other says its a fan holding on to the ear. The third says its a muscular wall. The fourth says its a rope holding on to the tail.
Same way, each person describes God as per his perception, and as per the things he reveres most on this earth.
But no one knows actually how God is! We are like the blind men in a dark cave as long as we are on this earth.
We dont understand the supernatural GOD!
2006-12-12 22:27:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
7 blind men, not 7 blind man.
2006-12-13 02:04:55 · answer #7 · answered by rashu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One says It is big ears , second says it has rough skin and so on.... till the sixth one says it has big eyes and the seventh one says Hey while hearing all of you I think it is a elephant .
2006-12-13 01:24:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aye, its common sense, God cant have a son cause God aint male or female. Duh The whole son thing in christianity is just a form of respect for the divinity of Jesus. And am not against it, its the belief that he died for everyones sins that I find hard to accept. That would mean that children arent born clean and make Adam and Eve look like a bunch of idiots for not asking for forgiveness when they should have.
2016-03-29 05:34:28 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
7 blind men, not man....
2006-12-12 22:40:56 · answer #10 · answered by Electric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋