THE MONK WHO SOLD HIS FERRARI: A REVIEW OF THE BOOK BY ROBIN SHARMA
The book under review has an inspiring non-fictional tale, delivering the heterogeneous and universal approaches to life with utmost courage and passion.
Md Naushad Ansari
The book under review has an inspiring non-fictional tale, delivering the heterogeneous and universal approaches to life with utmost courage and passion. The entire anecdote is enclosed by illustrious lawyer Julian Mantle who had fallen to ground by the severe pressure of diverse cases in the court and heart attack that resulted in hospital. Following, he was forced to experience and introspect the spiritual life as he had entire materialistic particles despite, he was downhearted and disheartened. He left for India and reached Himalaya where he met a Buddhist monk explicitly Yogi Raman who spiritually and psychologically directed him to improve creative and productive methods of life with diverse sophisticated applied systems. Living and practicing monk methods, he rightfully recognized the actual objectives of life-cycle and returned back to the motherland where he came to meet ‘John’ a lawyer partner in court.
The book is very realistic and based on pragmatism. John introduces Julian Mantle as a great millionaire, having all money-oriented articles, above all a Red Ferrari but still he was not materially satisfied with owning big mansions too, was divorced, departed and desperate. Returning to country Julian Mantle was totally transformed to humble breathing monastic, additionally, Mantle enlightened and elucidated all seven virtues of enlightened people in an applicable behaviour for living prosperously and rapturously.
The most unputdownable and perceptive passage that dominated my thoughts was “ Time slips through our hands like grains of sand, never to return again. Those who use time wisely from an early age are rewarded with rich, productive and satisfying lives”. Time is the most treasured and cherished thing on the globe. All worldly living beings have twenty four hours in a day, but efficient usage of time defines the successful and average. Command over time leads to mastery over everything in the world and success too. There is a famous adage in Arabic literature that, if you do not kill time rightfully, time will cut you painfully. Thus, it is paramount important to focus on priorities and arrange the balances. Procrastination is a habit of ours that just wastes our time defectively.
Knowing the seven virtues is predominantly essential those were translated into action by Julian Mantle to be internally progressive and repressive :
1) Master your mind
2) Follow your passion
3) Practice Kaizen
4) The power of discipline
5) Respect your time
6) Selflessly serve others
7) Embrace the present
I personally feel the style of writing and language is so simple and comprehensible to all as well. All seven virtues are connected not only in the publication but also in the realistic life of human beings for an eminent and distinguished life. I would like to recommend going between the lines of the book to avoid the negativity and increase positivism, pragmatism and realism. It would help to avoid inferiority; would help you balance your life and career. Lines guide us to subtract negativism compared to positivism. I liked all the aspects and characteristics of the volume because of its internalization. Going through it, you may feel enrolled in the line and characteristics as well aspects are your personal life experience. Not even a single line would be out of your worldly experience. The book is in a dialogue form thus possibly you may not get bored but interested for the next. Book has been given the title because Julian turned to a monk by selling all materialistic particles, even his most favorite Red Ferrari. Title of the book is very eye-catching and it drives us to read it.
The author, Md Naushad Ansari, is Senior Lecturer at Assam Off Campus, and may be contacted at naushad0693@gmail.com
