2012 ARCHIVE - Saddharaja - Right Livelihood Talk No 5 - Right Craftsmanship and the God of Technology

In this penultimate talk in the series, Saddharaja explores modern technology in the wqork-place, and the impact on Team-Based Right Livelihood practice.

There are so many benefits to changing technology – especially the internet, but what about the dark side? How do we deal with that? How can we turn our use of cutting edge technology into a spiritual practice? Saddaraja explores the practice of discernment, and how to avoid the many well-known pitfalls and distractions of The Digital Age.

He advocates we seek the Middle Way, and makes six suggestions which he terms 'Right Craftsmanship:

1 ~ Up-skilling & Down-skilling

2 ~ The value of awareness

3 ~ Talk to your friends

4 ~ reflect on un-satisfactoriness & impermanence

5 ~ Buddhist worship not Techo-worship

6 ~ Time away from Technology.

He peppers the talk with stories, visual images and finally ends with a beautiful poem by Ryokan.

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