A. At that time Noah was the only person that followed God. People who, following Noah’s direction, got aboard the Ark could save their lives. So, the Ark symbolises God’s teaching to attain eternal life. Buddhism has a similar metaphor to this. Buddha compared his teaching to a boat by which we can cross the river of birth and death, and said that we should abandon the boat after crossing the river without being attached to it.
Student: “How can we board the boat to cross the river of birth and death?”
Master: “If you don’t board it, you can’t cross the river, but if you board it, you will sink under the water with it.”
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