A piece of wisdom from
June 2, 2024 · Sunday
The quote
“The to-do list is a productivity disaster. It scales to infinity; your attention does not. Move to a "pull system" — what do I actually have capacity for today?”
— Cal Newport · Burnout
The concept
Dharma
The right thing to do, in your particular life, right now.
Dharma is the most translated and most mistranslated word in Indian thought. It is not religion. It is not duty in the dull civic sense. It is the right action, for you, in your nature, at this stage of your life, with the people in front o…
A practice for today
Notice one moment today when the lesson of Dharma. The right thing to do, in your particular life, right now.
From the Bhagavad Gita
Verse 16.21
त्रिविधं नरकस्येदं द्वारं नाशनमात्मनः। कामः क्रोधस्तथा लोभस्तस्मादेतत्त्रयं त्यजेत्॥
“Three are the gates of this hell, destructive of the self — lust, anger, and greed. Therefore, abandon these three.”
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