Here’s a 62-min recorded video (208MB .mp4 - Tip: tap-and-hold to “Download link”, or right click to “Save Link As…“).

Topics:

  • Worldly visicitudes include “fame” and “praise”, and these are forms of what is now called “status”, how the need for status is built right into our physiology, our DNA, how status has always been tied to survival and thriving. Furthermore, someone plays the status game all the better by fooling themselves that they aren’t playing it, all elevates their own status by pointing out how others are out for status


Sutta References:

  • AN 8.6 - “World”

    …these eight worldly conditions revolve around the world, and the world revolves around these eight worldly conditions. What eight? Gain and loss, disrepute and fame, blame and praise, and pleasure and pain. These eight worldly conditions revolve around the world, and the world revolves around these eight worldly conditions.

  • MN 30 - The Shorter Heartwood Simile Discourse Cūḷa Sāropama Sutta. Also mentions “gain, offerings, & fame”, and how it’s easy to get caught up on that, not striving for things more sublime than that

Pali References:

  • yaso: fame; reputation; renown; honour; glory; prestige

Other References:

  • Wil Storr’s “The Status Game”, ISBN-13:‎ 978-0008354657

    “When people defer to us, offer respect, admiration, or praise, or allow us to influence them in some way, that’s status”

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