The Bud­dha sits hold­ing a child and a string tied to a bal­loon. The bal­loon rep­re­sents the hu­man world of rel­a­tive think­ing. The Bud­dha and child, who are not in the bal­loon, rep­re­sent the ab­so­lute world of na­ture.
 Ev­ery­thing is in­side the bal­loon.