[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Literature, language and dating](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature) › [A History of Indian Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927) › v2.c19.s3.t2.51 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.51 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.51 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s3.t2.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.51) Some ascetics and Brahmans once met together, and began to quarrel. Some said: "The world is eternal," and the others: "The world is not eternal;" some declared: "The world is finite," and the others: "The world is infinite;" again some taught: "Body and soul are separate," and others: "Body and soul are but one." Some said: "The perfect man \*is\* after death," others maintained: "The perfect man \*is not\* after death" and so forth. Finally all this leads to a quarrel, and to harsh and insulting words. The monks tell Buddha of this quarrel, and then he tells them the following parable: There was once a king, who had all those who had been born blind, brought together. When they were all assembled, the king commanded - [Previous: v2.c19.s3.t2.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.50) - [Next: v2.c19.s3.t2.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.52) - [Up: v2.c19.s3.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.51) · Pramāṇa