Reflections on life, meaning and purpose

The Story of the Blind Men and the Elephant…

The story of the Blind Men and the Elephant is found in ancient Jain, Hindu, and Buddhist sources dating all the way back to 500 B.C. The parable is meant to illustrate human fallibility in light of the divine mystery. So too, according to one interpretation, the various perspectives people offer about ultimate questions are just so many partial experiences that capture just a part of reality of the divine mystery…