Tag: materialism

  • Family and friends, philosophical materialism, equanimity and other divine abidings

    I have observed that on meeting family and friends after many months or years overseas can be a “culture shock” for both myself and them. After a few months of being together, we familiarise ourselves with each other and to some extent accept that we have different values and life styles. There is no need for…

  • Gain, Honour and Praise

    S17.5 Laabhasakkaarasa.myutta, Connected discourses on Gains and Honour translated by Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi At Saavatthii. “Bhikkhus, dreadful are gain, honour, and praise, bitter, vile, obstructive to achieving the unsurpassed security from bondage. Suppose there was a beetle, a dung-eater, stuffed with dung, full of dung, and in front of her was a large dunghill. Because…