Thanks, Yong Peng,

I'm beginning to be convinced that the simile is modern, but hope I
will be happily surprised one day.

Happy Vesak

Piya Tan

On 5/8/07, Ong Yong Peng <pali.smith@...> wrote:
>
> Dear Piya,
>
> a search on the Web reveals at least two other variants of the simile:
>
> [1] "One day, when a turtle came down into the water, it told a group
> of fish about how much fun it was to be on land: The lights and colors
> were pretty, and there were none of the difficulties that came from
> being in the water.
>
> "The fish were intrigued, and wanted to see what it was like on land,
> so they asked the turtle, 'Is it very deep on land?'
>
> "The turtle answered, 'What would be deep about it? It's land.'
>
> "The fish: 'Are there lots of waves on land?'
>
> "The turtle: 'What would be wavy about it? It's land.'
>
> "The fish: 'Is it murky with mud?'
>
> "The turtle: 'What would be murky about it? It's land.'
>
> http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/thai/dune/giftsheleft.html
>
> [2] One day the turtle left the pond to spend a few hours on the
> shore. When he returned to the water, he told the fish of his
> experiences on dry land, but the fish would not believe him.
>
> http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~dsantina/tree/part1.txt<http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/%7Edsantina/tree/part1.txt>
>
> metta,
> Yong Peng.
>
> --- In Pali@yahoogroups.com <Pali%40yahoogroups.com>, Piya Tan wrote:
>
> I distinctly remember remember the simile in dialogue form decades
> back, and somehow the title Milindapanha keeps popping into my mind,
> but as I said neither macch* or kacchap* or kumm* (searches with
> wildcard) yield any references in CSCD.
>
>
>


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