Fame and Disrepute I know a little bit about these gusting winds. Just when you think the winds of fame will blow forever, the storm of fame calms, and before one can say Jack Robinson, the winds of disrepute blow with even greater force. The good news is that those winds will die down…
Tag: Eight Worldly Winds
Pain/Pleasure — The Third Pair of Worldly Winds
Pleasure/Pain the third pair of Worldly Winds. How quickly we learn this lesson. As children, we spend a day at the beach only to cry out in pain that night because of sunburn. As adults we enjoy a game of tennis, run a 10 K, or overdo planting a garden, and then we pay for it…
The Failure of Success
The second pair of worldly winds is Success/Failure. I have observed that the same worldly wind that blows one toward success in one facet of a life, might head one toward failure in another. How many marriages fail as a result of too much time spent on seeking financial success or worldly praise, for example.…
Eight Worldly Winds
In traditional Buddhist terms, there are eight worldly winds (Four pairs of worldly winds) Praise/Blame Success/Failure (Gain/Loss) Pleasure/Pain Fame/Disrepute (Honor/Disgrace) One doesn’t have to be a follower of Buddha to understand that four winds take us where we want to be, and the other four blow us in the opposite direction. Balance is what…