'Then, it is like a line of blind men, each holding on to the
preceding one; the first one does not see, the middle one also
does not see, the last one also does not see. Thus, it seems to me
that the state of the Brahmins is like that of a line of blind men.'
Then the Buddha gave advice of extreme importance to the
group of Brahmins: 'It is not proper for a wise man w h o maintains
(lit. protects) truth to come to the conclusion: " T h i s alone is
Truth, and everything else is false".'
Asked by the young Brahmin to explain the idea of maintaining
or protecting truth, the Buddha said: 'A man has a faith. If he
says " T h i s is my faith", so far he maintains truth. But by that he
cannot proceed to the absolute conclusion: " T h i s alone is Truth,
and everything else is false".' In other words, a man may believe
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