Modern fable 1 One day, a businessman from the western regions came to the market to sell his jewels. These jewels are dazzling and valuable. In particular, one of the spheres named Mountain is even more noticeable. Its color is pure crimson, just like a bright red cherry. It is one inch in diameter and worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. It attracted many people to watch, and everyone was amazed and sighed: "This is really a treasure!" "

As it happens, Longmen Zi also visited the market on this day and saw what many people were talking about. He also took his disciples into the crowd. Longmenzi looked at the treasure carefully and asked, "Can the mountain fill its stomach with it?" The businessman replied, "No." Longmen Zi asked again, "Can you cure the disease?" The businessman replied, "No." Longmen Zi then asked, "Can that drive away the disaster?" The businessman still replied, "No" "Can that make people filial?" The answer is still "no". Longmenzi said, "It's strange that these beads are useless, but the price exceeds several hundred thousand. Why? " The businessman told him, "this is because it was produced in a far, far place, and no one lived there." Spent a lot of manpower and material resources, experienced many difficulties and hardships, and finally got it. It is a very rare treasure! " Longmen Zi just smiled and left without saying anything.

Jacky, a disciple of Longmen Zi, was puzzled by the teacher's question and couldn't help asking him for advice. Longmenzi taught him: "The ancients once said that gold is a heavy treasure, but if it is swallowed, it will die, even if its powder falls into people's eyes, it will lead to blindness. I haven't pursued these treasures for a long time, but I also have precious treasures on me. Their value is not only hundreds of thousands, but also water can't drown it, fire can't burn it, and wind, rain and sun can't damage it at all. It can make the world stable; I can make myself comfortable and safe without it. People don't know how to pursue such treasures day and night, but they regard seeking jewelry as the only important thing. Isn't it far? It seems that people have been dead for a long time! "

The "supreme treasure" mentioned by Longmen Zi refers to people's own virtue. Only noble moral quality and perfect spiritual life are truly priceless treasures worthy of people's pursuit.

Modern fable 2 An Indian emperor ordered all the blind people to gather together. When they assembled, the emperor ordered them to see his elephant. These officials came to the elephant stable and began to touch the elephant.

One man touched the elephant's leg, another touched the elephant's tail, the third touched the elephant's ass, the fourth touched the elephant's belly, the fifth touched the elephant's back, the sixth touched the elephant's ear, the sixth touched the elephant's ivory and the eighth touched the elephant's nose.

Then, the emperor called the blind to him and asked them, "What is my image?"

The blind man touched the elephant's leg and said, "It is like a cylinder."

The second blind man who touched the elephant's tail said, "Like a whip."

The third blind man touched the elephant's ass and said, "It's like a board."

The blind man who touched the elephant's belly said, "It's like a wall." The man who touched the elephant's back said, "It's like a hill."

The blind man who touched the elephant's ear said, "Like a cattail leaf fan." The blind man who touched the ivory said, "It's like a horn." The blind man touched the elephant's nose and said, "It is like a thick rope."

Then, all the blind people began to argue and quarrel.

The story of the blind and the elephant:

The blind man who touched the elephant's leg said that it all made sense, because the parts he touched were different and the senses were different. Everyone stands at a different angle and sees different things.