The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari

 The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari

The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari

  ð ð This story is about Julian Mantle, a lawyer who was fable about fulfilling his dreams and a very rich person.He was living with greater courage than anyone else. He had a greater courage balance abundance.

    He lived a balance life and followed a step by step approach of living. Read this inspiring tale of a person with balance abundance and joy and learn from the extraordinary story of julian and create a unique path for reaching your destiny.

     He had a big mansion, a private jet and ofcourse, a ferrari. But even after achieving all these big things in life, he was not happy. He was having a greed of more fame and more money, which lead him to work for around 18 hours a day. As a result, he lost the essence of his life and he looked like a 80 year old man, even when he was just around 50.

  ð Once in a regular court session, he felt a pain around his chest area and suddenly he fainted. He was rushed to a nearby hospital where the doctors dignosed that he just got an heart attack. 

     When he came back to his senses, doctors recommended him not to go so hard on himself as he was not in a condition to take it. They asked Julian to reduce the amount of pressure that he was taking. 

    This was like a shock to him as he was winning all cases his life but he was looking like a failure in the case of his life. He took time to digest all that was happening with him and started to realise all his mistakes. 

    Then one fine mourning, he took a very bold decision. He started selling all his luxuries, he sold his mansion, his jet, and yes his Farrari. Once he was done selling things, he went out on a journey in search of true and real meaning of life. 

    His journey was towards the mystical land of India across the great himalyan range where these “Indian Monks” resided. These monks were no ordinary as they were considered among the people with highest level of wisdom. Julian started living with those monks.

  ð One of the monks decided to recite him a story on a condition that he would spread this all over the world. The monk started narrating the story. 

    “ Imagine that you are sitting in a beautiful garden which is full of flowers and you can see birds chirping around. You notice that there is a lighthouse in the middle of the garden and suddenly a sumo wrestler comes out from the lighthouse. 

     He is wearing shorts made up of thin wires. The sumo wrestler roams around and see a golden watch lying in the garden. As soon as he tries to take that watch, he slips and falls on the ground, lying motionless. 

     He then comes to his senses probably due to the nice smell of the flowers. He then see a path of diamonds towards his left. The sumo wrestler starts walking on the path of diamonds and gets all the happiness in life.

  ð Now we all would be wondering what is this???, So was he thinking, as that was a meaningless story. The monk said that it was not an ordinary story as it had a hidden meaning. He then started stating the hidden meaning of the story. There were 7 points that were hidden in the story

  ð  (1) THE GARDEN –   

The garden symbolizes brain. If you bow good seeds, you will get good fruits but if you put garbage in your brain, it will turn into a dump.

  ð  (2) THE LIGHTHOUSE –

The lighthouse symbolizes goal in life as it shows right direction to ships. Similarly we should choose a right path in life. We can only reach our destination if we know it.

  ð  (3) SUMO WRESTLER –

The sumo wrestler symbolizes KAIZEN which is a japanese word that means continous learning and improvement. A sumo wrestler need to be in dicipline for his physic.

  ð  (4) THE SHORTS –

The shorts symbolizes self-control and dicipline. It is made up of many thin wires that together forms a strong object. Small things bring big changes.

  ð  (5) GOLDEN STOPWATCH –

The golden stopwatch symbolizes time. No matter who you are, you only have 24 hours a day. But the way we utilize these 24 hours, makes the difference.

  ð  (6) FRAGRANT ROSE –

The fragrant rose symbolizes social cause. No matter how successful you are or how high you reach, the satisfaction of helping others is priceless.

  ð  (7) PATH OF DIAMONDS –

The path symbolizes the moment of happiness which comes in our life. These moments are always are in the present time. Focus on present

  ð These were the hidden principles of the story. These were followed by Julien and later he conqured all his sadness and lived his life happily.
   Are you uninterested in running the rat race? Wonder how you'll better fulfill your life dreams and live more abundantly?

   Part self help book, part fable, The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by leadership guru Robin Sharma may be a common novel that have a  powerful life and leadership lessons.

   Written in a semi-autobiographical manner – Sharma himself was a great lawyer before he switched his directions to become a private development life coach – the book borrowed ideas from various religious leaders and spiritual mindset personalities from the history.

  From being an overworked and highly paid legal eagle, Mantle transformed into a sagely monk. Schooled within the Himalayas by the “Sages of Sivana”, the lawyer turned ascetic related various life lessons to his new apprentice John.


   Shrouded in Eastern mysticism, Sharma’s lessons are embodied by the 7 Timeless Virtues of Enlightened Living. These are conveyed during a rather whimsical fashion within the sort of a tale involving a gorgeous garden, a towering lighthouse, a path of diamonds and a wrestler , amongst others.

     The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari

         "  A STORY IS NOT IMPORTANT ,

                                             THE CENTRAL IDEA OF THE SAME IS PRECIOUS "