{"collection":"Buddhism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bud/btg/btg63.htm","path":"bud/btg/btg63.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bud/btg/btg63.htm","text":"THE Blessed One thought: \"I have taught the truth which is excellent in the beginning, excellent in the middle, and excellent in the end; it is glorious in its spirit and glorious in its letter. But simple as it is, the people cannot understand it. I must speak to them in their own language. I must adapt my thoughts to their thoughts. They are like unto children, and love to hear tales. Therefore, I will tell them stories to explain the glory of the Dharma. If they cannot grasp the truth in the abstract arguments by which I have reached it, they may nevertheless come to understand it, if it is illustrated in parables.","title":"Parables & Stories","type":"page"}