I'm reminded by this of how I and many of my "hard practice" friends who worked with Shunryu Suzuki in San Francisco and Katagiri Roshi here in Minneapolis did a real disservice to their spouses and children in their pursuit of Unsurpassed Complete Perfect Enlightenment. Children and spouses need kindness more than Enlightenment-seeking but often emotionally and physically absent mothers and/or fathers. Family practice? How square that circle?
I've cross-posted this with this introduction: "Thank you, Cortland. You've shared Buffett's wisdom and your own for recognizing that succeeding immensely in material ways doesn't disqualify one from having prajna."
I wasn't sure what this post was going to be about, but I was as pleasantly surprised as you to find Warren Buffet talking about caring for others.
However, I still have a hard time with the fact that Billionaires choose to exist. Not that they do, but that they choose to retain all that personal wealth in the midst of witnessing samara.
Buffet did chose not to hoard his wealth and also called for taxing the rich more equitably. Somehow I’m not surprised by his final letter calling for kindness. His shareholders shared in the fruits of his talent for making money, which he saw as his job. I’m not a big fan, but we should be fair. Court, thank you for pointing out his message and the enduring importance of kindness.
Happiness has a lot to do with appropriate allocation of resources, especially time and attention.
It's not surprising that one of the world's great capital allocators knows a thing or two about allocating for happiness.
I'm reminded by this of how I and many of my "hard practice" friends who worked with Shunryu Suzuki in San Francisco and Katagiri Roshi here in Minneapolis did a real disservice to their spouses and children in their pursuit of Unsurpassed Complete Perfect Enlightenment. Children and spouses need kindness more than Enlightenment-seeking but often emotionally and physically absent mothers and/or fathers. Family practice? How square that circle?
In a word, Cort: word! :-) Steady onwards. 🕊
I've cross-posted this with this introduction: "Thank you, Cortland. You've shared Buffett's wisdom and your own for recognizing that succeeding immensely in material ways doesn't disqualify one from having prajna."
Thanks for sharing, Mel
Love this. Absolutely love everything you and Richie teach. Preach to the multitudes :)
Thank you, Vesela!
I wasn't sure what this post was going to be about, but I was as pleasantly surprised as you to find Warren Buffet talking about caring for others.
However, I still have a hard time with the fact that Billionaires choose to exist. Not that they do, but that they choose to retain all that personal wealth in the midst of witnessing samara.
In the middle perhaps: having great wealth might allow someone to provide great help and to have a voice others listen to, providing more kindness…
True! If its used for thst purpose of course
Buffet did chose not to hoard his wealth and also called for taxing the rich more equitably. Somehow I’m not surprised by his final letter calling for kindness. His shareholders shared in the fruits of his talent for making money, which he saw as his job. I’m not a big fan, but we should be fair. Court, thank you for pointing out his message and the enduring importance of kindness.