A King's humility

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One day a sage came to a King for an
interview. The sage had to wait for a long time
because the King was very busy. Finally, the
King said he could come in.
When the sage entered the hall, the first thing
he did was to take off his hat and bow to the
King. Immediately the King took off his crown
and bowed to the sage. The ministers and
others who were around the King asked, “What
are you doing? He took off his hat because he
is an ordinary man. But you are the King. Why
should you have to take off your crown?”
The King said to his ministers, “You fools, do
you think I wish to remain inferior to an
ordinary man? He is humble and modest. His
humility is a peerless virtue’. He showed his
respect to me. If I did not take off my crown,
then I would be showing less humility than an
ordinary man, and I would be defeated by him.
If I am the King, I should be better than
everybody in everything. That is why I took off
my crown and bowed to him!”

Written by sri chinmoy

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