We really need to think about these things - particularly, in my mind, "commerce without morality" and "politics without principle". If we continue in these two sins we will very likely make human life on earth impossible.The Seven Deadly Sins.
Wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice, and politics without principle.
"In the post-meditative experience become a child of illusion" is a slogan from the Tibetan mind training tradition. We engage the world as we experience it all the while realizing that reality is not as it seems to be.
Monday, September 17, 2007
A different "seven deadly sins" list
I know I've blogged this before but I'm reminded of it because it just showed up on the Daily Meditation page of the Meditation Society of Australia site which I check from time to time:
Gandhi always has something to say about how to live that I appreciate. Thank you, Ellie.
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