Passage 8

In English

Here is an example from the : The preceptor, , asked the eldest of the () and the (), to go round the kingdom and find out how many good persons and bad persons were there. came back and reported that he could not find a single bad person in the kingdom. told the that he could not find a single good person. pondered over this divergent findings and realised that the outlook of each of them determined the nature, of their findings. , being a good man, found only what is good in everyone. , with his evil mind, could only see the bad side in every body. Everything thus depends on the outlook of the person concerned and not on the nature of the things he observes. If one looks at the world with a good mind everything will appear good.