‘The question of belief arises when there is no seeing—seeing
in every sense of the word. The moment you see, the question of
belief disappears. If I tell you that I have a gem hidden in the
folded palm of my hand, the question of belief arises because you
do not see it yourself. But if I unclench my fist and show you the
gem, then you see it for yourself, and the question of belief does not arise. A phrase in the ancient Buddhist texts therefore reads:
‘Realising, as one sees a gem (or a myrobalan fruit) in the palm’.