Dhamma Talk Video 141: Simplicity, or Lack Thereof

Here’s a 61-min recorded video (128MB .mp4 - Tip: tap-and-hold to “Download link”, or right click to “Save Link As…“).

Topics:

• simplicity, being concise or succinct; the perfect balance between saying too little of too much, eschewing overuse of technical thinking, mindfulness of body, mindfulness of the space element, happiness, peace, asceticism, minimizing posessions

Dhamma References:

• issariya: charge (of); power (over); control (of); rulership (of); sovereignty (over); dominion (over); wealth

• Digital Pali Dictionary, but it’s a website, not just a goldendict dictionary

• “attakilamatha + anuyoga” - asceticism, self-mortification, “that which tires you”

Other References:

• “Simplicity is the Ultimate Sophistication”

• “Cortex” comic:

  

• Windows De-bloating utility - a study in trying to manage complexity, but not really arriving at simplicity

• Iain McGilchrist on Civilization and the Divided Mind

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• My work (the video above): Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

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