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A Metaphor Wrapped in a Fable
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"Hello there," said the frog from the ocean.
"Hello there, brother," said the frog from the well. "Welcome to my well. And where, may I ask, are you from?"
"From the Great Ocean," answered the ocean frog.
"I've never heard of that place," said the frog from the well. "But I'm sure you must be thrilled to see my magnificent home. Is your ocean even a quarter this big?"
"Oh, it's bigger than that," said the ocean frog.
"Half as big, then?" asked the well frog.
"No, bigger still."
The well frog could barely believe his ears. "Is it," he continued skeptically, "as big as my well?"
"Your well would not even be a drop in the Great Ocean," answered the visiting frog.
"That's impossible!" cried the frog from the well. "I'll just have to go back with you and see how big this ocean really is."
After a long journey, they finally arrived. And when the frog from the well saw the immensity of the ocean, he simply couldn't take it in...and his head exploded.
"The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying" - Sogyal Rinpoche.
[link to www.rigpa.org]
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