David Reynolds and "Karmic Minimalism".

[Sam Vara]

Now that he has disrobed, David Reynolds is thinking a lot about how to incorporate some kind of Buddhist practice into lay life. I liked this post:
https://politicallyincorrectdharma.blog ... -west.html

and it raises questions which I have seen here on DW over the years.

[Sabbe_Dhamma_Anatta]

The zen master's responses of just "Is that so?" remind me of this?




viewtopic.php?p=523493#p523493

[Bundokji]

One can think of it as Karmic Maximalism if one is to follow a path that is still kamma neither white nor black but eliminates both. The result would happen naturally somehow. If my highest priority is to contemplate, study and meditate, then what kind of life style i can build around that.

Strangely, i had a conversation with my colleagues about a similar subject two days ago. I argued about the benefits of having "non-doing" as a main reference to construct activities, and how our actions become more purposive and to the point when we have the right reference. There is no sense of fulfillment behind performing a task except finishing it and returning to the state of non-doing. I also drew parallels between having the wrong reference and the sense of boredom most people experience, and how this sense of boredom turns changing a place or activity into a "meaningful difference" that almost everyone seeks. They listened with some interest, but then habitually grabbed their phones to keep themselves busy.