{"id":28052,"date":"2020-03-25T09:00:59","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T02:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/watmarpjan.org\/en\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=28052"},"modified":"2020-03-24T17:08:37","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T10:08:37","slug":"the-blind-men-and-the-elephant","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/watmarpjan.org\/en\/podcast\/the-blind-men-and-the-elephant\/","title":{"rendered":"The Blind Men and the Elephant"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From this videoconference talk from 5 July 2019, Ajahn Anan discusses the story of the blind men and the elephant.<\/p>\n<p>Two excerpts: &#8220;In this world, there are more people who talk than people who take action. The people that like to criticise and ridicule others don\u2019t have real knowledge about what they are saying. It can be compared to a bamboo tube that has no water. When it is hit, it makes a loud sound. And this is like the words of people who don&#8217;t know clearly according to truth. But they like to criticise and ridicule others according to their misunderstandings. They are like the \u201cblind man feeling the elephant.\u201d Let us look at the story behind this.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is no need to argue within the teachings of different traditions. Each of the traditions say they are right, but in reality it comes down to having mindfulness, having concentration, and beginning with the correct view of things.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Note: One can read talk transcripts at the Wat Marp Jan &#8216;Reflections&#8217; page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https:\/\/watmarpjan.org\/en\/dhamma-reflections\/reflections-archive\/ <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"https:\/\/watmarpjan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019-07-05.mp3","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"10:19","filesize":"7.77M","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"8143392"},"tags":[],"series":[38],"class_list":["post-28052","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","hentry","series-ajahn_anan_podcast"],"episode_featured_image":false,"episode_player_image":"https:\/\/watmarpjan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/AjahnAnanPodcast.jpg","download_link":"https:\/\/watmarpjan.org\/en\/podcast-download\/28052\/the-blind-men-and-the-elephant.mp3","player_link":"https:\/\/watmarpjan.org\/en\/podcast-player\/28052\/the-blind-men-and-the-elephant.mp3","audio_player":null,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/ajahn-anan-podcast\/id1223775322","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5drI6VPUT6rQdcGm4t4zDu","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"stitcher":{"key":"stitcher","url":"","label":"Stitcher","class":"stitcher","icon":"stitcher.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/watmarpjan.org\/en\/feed\/podcast\/ajahn_anan_podcast","embedCode":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"zFYKNCleIQ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/watmarpjan.org\/en\/podcast\/the-blind-men-and-the-elephant\/\">The Blind Men and the Elephant<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/watmarpjan.org\/en\/podcast\/the-blind-men-and-the-elephant\/embed\/#?secret=zFYKNCleIQ\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"&#8220;The Blind Men and the Elephant&#8221; &#8212; Wat Marp Jan\" data-secret=\"zFYKNCleIQ\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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