Always Focus on the Source

06 Jul 2020 •

When King Janak was a young boy, he saw a monk sitting nearby and asked him for some wisdom.

The monk advised, “My child, be a lion, not a dog.”

“What does that mean? Would you please explain?” inquired Janak.

The monk replied:

“When you throw a ball in front of a dog, it will run after the ball. But when you throw something at a lion, its attention remains on you, not on the object you threw. It will be waiting to grab hold of the thrower.”

“Always focus on the source, not the incidents, not the effects. Go to the source.”