A Stoic Breviary: Classical Wisdom in Daily Practice

Building upon many years of privately shared thoughts on the real benefits of Stoic Philosophy, Liam Milburn eventually published a selection of Stoic passages that had helped him to live well. They were accompanied by some of his own personal reflections. This blog hopes to continue his mission of encouraging the wisdom of Stoicism in the exercise of everyday life. All the reflections are taken from his notes, from late 1992 to early 2017.

Monday, March 6, 2023

Dhammapada 302

It is hard to leave the world to become a monk, it is hard to enjoy the world.

Hard is the monastery, painful is the household life.

Painful it is to dwell with unequals, to share everything in common, and the itinerant mendicant is beset with pain.

Therefore let no man be an itinerant mendicant and he will not be beset with pain.

A Stoic Breviary: Classical Wisdom in Daily Practice

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Monday, March 6, 2023

Dhammapada 302

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