A piece of wisdom from
May 9, 2019 · Thursday
The quote
“Hearken to your wife. Make her happy as long as you live. She is a fertile field for her lord. Do not contend with her in court.”
— Ptahhotep · Maat
The concept
Hygge
The Danish art of cozy contentment, warmth, presence, and finding enough in small things.
Denmark is consistently among the happiest countries on earth, through long, dark, expensive winters, and Danes credit hygge (pronounced HOO-gah). It is not a thing you buy; it is an atmosphere you create: candlelight instead of glare, a wa…
A practice for today
Try this once today: the lesson of Hygge. The Danish art of cozy contentment, warmth, presence, and finding enough in small things.
From the Bhagavad Gita
Verse 2.22
वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि। तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णान्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही॥
“As a person sheds worn-out clothes and puts on new ones, so does the embodied self shed worn-out bodies and take on new ones.”
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