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This is unknown. Also, the blind men and the elephant story is in many cultures, not only Buddhism - although that can be where it is most commonly read or heard.
The elephant represents truth and reality, and how people have different interpretations of it.
No they can't see very well at all. They have very long eyelashes to prevent dust from getting in it's eyes to protect from getting blind. They have very good sence of smell so they use their trunk as their eyes.
Learned men with an ignorance in a particular area. They are not meant to be handicapped or dumb in any way, just that their perception in a particular subject is incomplete and that the opinions they form are restricted by the amount of information they are able to acquire.
An elephant is big and its nose is long. It would be smarter to look it up on images rather than ask people.
Don't discuss something you've never fully "seen"
The moral of the elephant poem by John Godfrey Saxe, "The Blind Men and the Elephant," is that people often have limited perspectives and understanding of complex situations. Each blind man in the poem describes the elephant based on the part they are able to touch, highlighting how individual experiences can shape perceptions. The poem teaches the importance of considering different viewpoints to gain a more comprehensive understanding of truth.
The fable you're referring to is likely "The Blind Men and the Elephant," where each man feels a different part of the elephant and comes to a different conclusion about what it is, highlighting the importance of seeking different perspectives to gain a complete understanding.
"The blind man and the elephant is a metaphor that shows how
None of the men actually experienced these things; they just thought they had.
They each touched only a part of the elephant.
Each man has the wrong idea about the elephant as they are blind and feel the different parts of the elephant's body.
This is unknown. Also, the blind men and the elephant story is in many cultures, not only Buddhism - although that can be where it is most commonly read or heard.
It is difficult to find references - just about all occurrences of the poem on the Internet only give the author's birth and death year (1816-1887). The only references I found give either 1872 and 1873.
They each touched only a part of the elephant.
Find three blind men and ask them.
The elephant represents truth and reality, and how people have different interpretations of it.