A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t1.134
A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t1.134
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v2.c19.s3.t1.134
A beautiful example of a convincing simile is afforded by the dialogue of the Buddha with the son of Māluṅkyā,² in which the Buddha tells the enquiring disciple who asks for information concerning existence and non-existence and other metaphysical questions, that the answering of all these questions would leave no time for finding the way to salvation, to liberation from suffering, and he illustrates it by means of the following parable: