Today, students develop many undesirable qualities like pride, envy and hatred even before they
join college. With such polluted minds they view the world in dark colours. This may be
illustrated by an episode from the Mahaabhaaratha.
One day, Krishna summoned Dhuryodhana and Dharmaja and asked them to make a study of the
people in the kingdom. He asked Dhuryodhana to find out how many good people existed in the
country. He asked Dharmaja to find our how many bad people were there in the kingdom.
Dhuryodhana went round and reported that he could find no good man anywhere. If there was
any good man, that was himself, he said. Dharmaja reported to Krishna that he could find no bad
man anywhere in their Dhaarmik (virtuous) kingdom. He could find some badness only in
himself.
The inner significance of this episode is that one sees only a reflection of one's self in the outer
world. It is the vision that accounts for the difference, just as the colour of the glass one wears
alters the colour of the world one sees through it. Change your outlook and the world will appear
differently. Hence everyone should fill his mind with good thoughts.
(From the Divine Discourses of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba)
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