Can we only play not work?
Can we only play not work?
Can we only play not work?
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Re: Can we only play not work?
You have some "unique" posts and topics sometimes.
How would you eat and pay the rent or mortgage? For a very small percentage of people, they could live off of family inheritance I suppose and play all day, but for the rest of us who have no inheritance to acquire, it's lots of hard work to earn a living and pay the bills.
Re: Can we only play not work?
In this era, no, unless u have lots of money in the bank.
Very long time ago, when food is everywhere, yes.
Very long time ago, when food is everywhere, yes.
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Re: Can we only play not work?
How about monks?it's lots of hard work to earn a living and pay the bills.
Some people play the share market perhaps many people in Las Vegas!
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Monks work, the good ones anyway. They do pastoral duties, practice meditation, study suttas, teach meditation, lead programs, chores around the temple including cleaning, etc. Some even get involved in construction, adding an addition to the temple, building a meditation hall or other structures.
You mean gambling winnings? Those are very rare. Chronic or addictive gamblers always lose in the long run. They might win a few thousand here and there or even $100,000 but in the long run, they lose it all. The odds of winning a typical lottery contest for a large state or nation is about 300 million to one. And because they earn the money so fast with no idea how to manage the winnings, often times their life gets ruined with divorce, fighting with family and friends that many regret that they even won (you can check out some internet stories on that).Some people play the share market perhaps many people in Las Vegas!
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Agree but do they think that as work?Monks work, the good ones anyway. They do pastoral duties, practice meditation, study suttas, teach meditation, lead programs, chores around the temple including cleaning, etc. Some even get involved in construction, adding an addition to the temple, building a meditation hall or other structures.
You get tired even when you play.
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As someone who has played without working for several long periods, it really shows you how mundane life is. There's only so many restaurants one can eat at, so many cities one can travel to, so many video games one can play.
After a while everything starts to look the same, copies of one another. It can get very mundane, pointless, and existential.
Eventually one seeks the simple life, neither to work hard nor to play hard, but just living with the least amount of stress.
"Work hard play hard" is for people who are poor and never figure out how pointless sensual desires are.
I would recommend "work very little, play even less".
After a while everything starts to look the same, copies of one another. It can get very mundane, pointless, and existential.
Eventually one seeks the simple life, neither to work hard nor to play hard, but just living with the least amount of stress.
"Work hard play hard" is for people who are poor and never figure out how pointless sensual desires are.
I would recommend "work very little, play even less".
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One can try to be a cementry monk in Burma, then he dun hv to work. But if he is not diligent in progress, he will pay the penalty sooner or later.
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I think I know what you are saying: The difference between work and play is just a state of mind....a fabrication.SarathW wrote: ↑Sun Jan 20, 2019 5:32 amAgree but do they think that as work?Monks work, the good ones anyway. They do pastoral duties, practice meditation, study suttas, teach meditation, lead programs, chores around the temple including cleaning, etc. Some even get involved in construction, adding an addition to the temple, building a meditation hall or other structures.
You get tired even when you play.
I'm an organic farmer. I love it. I go out every day and play. People wonder why I work so hard.
chownah
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Thanks. That is the point I am trying to discuss here.I'm an organic farmer. I love it. I go out every day and play. People wonder why I work so hard.
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Thats your full time paid profession?chownah wrote: ↑Sun Jan 20, 2019 11:58 amI think I know what you are saying: The difference between work and play is just a state of mind....a fabrication.SarathW wrote: ↑Sun Jan 20, 2019 5:32 amAgree but do they think that as work?Monks work, the good ones anyway. They do pastoral duties, practice meditation, study suttas, teach meditation, lead programs, chores around the temple including cleaning, etc. Some even get involved in construction, adding an addition to the temple, building a meditation hall or other structures.
You get tired even when you play.
I'm an organic farmer. I love it. I go out every day and play. People wonder why I work so hard.
chownah
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What is an organic product ? Where are you living actually if you don't mind asking ?chownah wrote: ↑Sun Jan 20, 2019 11:58 amI think I know what you are saying: The difference between work and play is just a state of mind....a fabrication.SarathW wrote: ↑Sun Jan 20, 2019 5:32 amAgree but do they think that as work?Monks work, the good ones anyway. They do pastoral duties, practice meditation, study suttas, teach meditation, lead programs, chores around the temple including cleaning, etc. Some even get involved in construction, adding an addition to the temple, building a meditation hall or other structures.
You get tired even when you play.
I'm an organic farmer. I love it. I go out every day and play. People wonder why I work so hard.
chownah
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No work, no play -- just kamma.
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Yes, that is the ideal, if one can swing it. Not everyone likes their jobs though. For many it is a chore they hope to overcome asap.
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Another good idea / ideal, for those that can do that. Have a career or business or a way where you can make a living working, but still having lots of time off for practice, pilgrimage, other spiritual activities and less emphasis on play.