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  1. Shurangama Sutra Finger-Palm Commentary: Matters and Meanings (楞嚴經指掌疏事義)
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  3. Touching an elephant only gives you a likeness of the elephant. (摸象唯得象似)
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Shurangama Sutra Finger-Palm Commentary: Matters and Meanings (楞嚴經指掌疏事義)


摸象唯得象似
涅槃經第三十二云:譬如有王告一大臣:多集眾盲,以象示之。時彼眾盲各以手觸。王喚眾盲,各各問言:象為何類?其觸牙者,即言:象形如蘆菔根。其觸耳者,言:象如箕。其觸頭者,言:象如石。其觸鼻者,言:象如杵。其觸脚者,言:象如臼。其觸脊者,言:象如牀。其觸腹者,言:象如甕。其觸尾者,言:象如繩。善男子!如彼眾盲不說象體,亦非不說。若是眾相悉非象者,離是之外更無別象。今疏取之,說喻諸家異說紛紜,唯得乎相似之義。

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