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The Most Important Thing

October 6, 2008 on 1:44 pm | In Snippets |

Once upon a time, long long ago in China there lived a Great King; he set out to seek the Truth. He wanted to be the most loved king and excel as a ruler. He was troubled by three questions

1. What was the most important time?

2. Who was the most important person?

3. What was the most important thing to do?

He set out alone riding his favorite horse, to meet a wise old sage who lived in the forest. The journey was long and tiring; being alone he had to look for food and water; he felt feeble and both he and his horse were tired too. In a daze he fell off the horse and fainted. Some wood cutters passing by carried him to the Sage’s hut. The king had badly injured his foot and was unconscious.

After a couple of days when he came to awareness he noticed the sage was cleaning and bandaging his wounded foot. He was told that he would have to stay there for a few days. The news was not sent to his kingdom of the same as no one knew in the forest that he was the king. He looked perturbed and thoughtful all the time. The king was amazed to see the sage looked calm, serene and happy all the time.

The next day when the sage was bandaging his foot some important visitors arrived from the neighboring kingdom; they had to wait a long time till he was done and only then did the old man meet them. Later in the day the king asked the sage his three questions. The man smiled and told him that the very same morning the answers to his questions were given. He went on to explain that when the old man was cleaning and bandaging the King’s foot in the morning; it was the most important time to do what he was doing, the king was the most important person to him at that time; and bandaging his foot was the most important thing to do at that time.

It made perfect sense the King realized; he was overjoyed to get his answers and wanted to make a huge offering to the sage; but the old man had by now recognized the king and asked him to follow the three principles in performing his duties towards his subjects; that would be his reward; which in turn made him the most loved king ever.

Remember when you decide to do some thing; now is the best time. The person you are doing it for is the most important person at that time. And what you are doing at that time is the most important thing.