Possession

"Non-possession does not mean having nothing; it means not having unnecessary things. When we possess something, we end up being possessed by it."

— Venerable Beopjeong

Today's Question

Among the things you own, what is a 'burdensome possession' that robs you of time and attention to maintain rather than being a tool of convenience?

The practitioner who lived non-possession in a cabin

Venerable Beopjeong warned that material desires and complex possessions wither the human spirit, advocating for voluntary simplicity.

Publishing his essay 'Non-Possession' in 1976, he lived it by moving to a remote mountain cabin without electricity, grinding his own ink and fetching water to find true freedom.

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