Published On:Monday 15 September 2014
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Karma and Smartphones: How to Use Technology From a Buddhist Perspective
Since the mind can endlessly produce thoughts, clearly it has the potential to endlessly produce new products. Like thoughts, they may not necessarily be helpful or beneficial. In the past, technological culture-changers like the telephone and electricity took a long time to produce and cultures had more time to absorb and contemplate their impact. Now, especially with electronic media, new cultural and ethical values are being developed and challenged, and things are changing so fast that we have little time to contemplate and absorb their impact.
Like many other things, technology can serve us well or not serve us well. If we approach it with vision, we can utilize it. If we lack vision, technology can prey on us, detecting our weakness or lack of resolve, such as discursiveness or desire for gossip. Or it distracts us from nowness.
In this way, it seduces us for a few minutes, which become hours, days, months and years. See at more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sakyong-mipham-rinpoche/karma-and-smartphones-how-to-use-technology-from-a-buddhist-perspective_b_3365310.html?utm_hp_ref=buddhism
Like many other things, technology can serve us well or not serve us well. If we approach it with vision, we can utilize it. If we lack vision, technology can prey on us, detecting our weakness or lack of resolve, such as discursiveness or desire for gossip. Or it distracts us from nowness.
In this way, it seduces us for a few minutes, which become hours, days, months and years. See at more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sakyong-mipham-rinpoche/karma-and-smartphones-how-to-use-technology-from-a-buddhist-perspective_b_3365310.html?utm_hp_ref=buddhism
