A piece of wisdom from
May 20, 2021 · Thursday
The quote
“I will not abandon Mother Nature. I will not abandon my people. I will not abandon the children of Africa.”
— Wangari Maathai · Ubuntu
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
When the next difficult feeling arrives, ask yourself: the lesson of Wabi-Sabi. The beauty of imperfect, impermanent, incomplete things.
From the Bhagavad Gita
Verse 2.14
मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः। आगमापायिनोऽनित्यास्तांस्तितिक्षस्व भारत॥
“Contacts of the senses with their objects — bringing cold and heat, pleasure and pain — come and go. They are impermanent. Endure them, O Bharata.”
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