This didactic fable has been attributed to the Sufis, Jainists, Buddhists, or Hindus, and has been used by all those groups. Buddha used it in Tittha sutta in Udana (Pali canon). The story is used to indicate that reality may be viewed differently depending upon one's perspective, suggesting that what seems an absolute truth may be relative due to the deceptive nature of half-truths. The version best-known in the West is the 19th Century poem by John Godfrey Saxe.
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"The Blindmen and the Elephant"!!!
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