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Be the generous Lion

In India it was not uncommon for people to go to the forest in search of God or the supreme being, it was more of a customary practice where a person would renounce the living pleasures and go to the forest to meditate. They would adopt a simple life with no belongings and eat off the forest or visit the neighboring villages to seek alms once a day to satisfy the hunger. One person from a particular village   named Gopal decided it is time for him to move onto the forest in search of God, so just as any good man would do he renounced all his wealth - passed it onto his family , charity and for other noble causes and with no baggage enters the forest. He finds a big tree which looked very comforting so cleaned up a small area and setup camp. After a few hours of meditating he opened his eyes to the faint roar of a Lion, terrified he quickly climbed up on the tree and saw that a mighty lion dropped a piece of meat on the ground and starts to walk away. Few minu