One disciple asked Buddha:
— Express briefly what your teaching is comparable to?
Buddha replied:
- Look at this forest. How open it is! Nothing is hidden. I'm as open as this forest.
He showed his fist and said:
“Now my fist is closed, you won’t be able to see the leaves that are in it.”
Then Buddha opened his hand, the leaves fell, and he said:
“But Buddha’s hand is not like a fist, it is open, and if you don’t understand something, then the reason is in you.”
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru