The Eight Worldly Dharmas, Norbu Retreat short video
The eight worldly concerns in the Buddhist context are a list describing samsaric mind training, which turns the mind away from seeking inner development, the perceptual passage to real freedom and happiness. Yet, most people undertake lifelong austerities to gain the result of worldly successes, with no time or interest left for thin gs that are more important. There is even an abundance of seminars enticing us to train in the eight worldly concerns, (but naturally, they cost a lot of money.) Performing great austerities to gain the result of worldly mind training will eventually result in further suffering, when gaining objects is equated with lasting happiness. This helpful and skillful set of observations distilled from an enlightened and compassionate viewpoint returns our minds toward the liberating path to the awakened state. The eight worldly dharmas are in opposite pairs; both describe suffering: Getting what you want, and avoiding getting what you do not w...