A talk on the Eight Wordly Concerns.
In his famous book A Letter to A Friend, Nagarjuna lists these eight concerns, which most of the people people regard as the purpose of our life:
Gain and no gain
Pleasure and displeasure
Popularity and infamy
Praise and blame
But none of those things can bring us lasting happiness or remove our suffering. We have to find another way, like the Buddha did….
Photos courtesy of Conrad Harvey.