Dogs Are Everywhere

When I ran during my second day in Japan, there were many, many people in the park. At one point I said, "Here is the place where I will not be disturbed by dogs." In two minutes I saw a gentleman running with his dog on a leash. He bowed to me and I saluted him.
 
-1 November 1979  
  

[Source: "Dogs Are Everywhere" in Sri Chinmoy,  Run and Become, Become and Run, Part 2, Agni Press/Aum Publications, Jamaica, New York, 1979.]