Inner Emptiness: The Japanese story "The Golden Axe"
About this episode
The episode explores feelings of emptiness and greed through the lens of the Japanese story 'The Golden Axe'.
Send Catherine a text Message “He who runs after two hares will catch neither.” Japanese proverb Feelings of emptiness, lack, greed, dishonesty--- are any of us immune from this experience? The number of stories that revolve around this problem suggest a near universal need to meet this challenge. We commonly associate greed with an insatiable need for more and more money, but one can be greedy for all types of things: food, love, power, attention, sex, status, books, time, even spiritual kno...
People in this episode
Host: Catherine Svehla
Topics covered
- emptiness
- greed
- Japanese proverb
- spirituality
- human experience
Keywords
- emptiness
- greed
- Japanese proverb
- spirituality
- human experience
- The Golden Axe
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Golden Axe
Places: Japan
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