The Monkey Called Mind
Someone from Japan once sent Mahatma Gandhi three statues of monkeys. Gandhi lived his whole life without understanding their meaning. Or whatever he understood was misunderstood. He even asked those who had sent them— they too did not know. You have seen those three monkeys. In pictures, in statues. One monkey sits with hands over the eyes. One with hands over the ears. One with hands over the mouth. Gandhi interpreted them as only Gandhi could. He said: The monkey covering the ears means— do n
