A piece of wisdom from
November 17, 2024 · Sunday
The quote
“Hypocrisy is the homage that vice pays to virtue.”
— François de La Rochefoucauld · The 48 Laws of Power
The concept
Wabi-Sabi
The beauty of imperfect, impermanent, incomplete things.
Wabi-sabi is the Japanese art of finding beauty in imperfection, impermanence and incompleteness, the cracked bowl mended with gold, the moss on old stone, the single flower past its peak. Three plain truths sit under it: nothing lasts, not…
A practice for today
Before bed tonight, name one thing where the lesson of Wabi-Sabi. The beauty of imperfect, impermanent, incomplete things.
From the Bhagavad Gita
Verse 4.7
यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत। अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजाम्यहम्॥
“Whenever there is decline of dharma, O Bharata, and rise of adharma, then I manifest myself.”
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