The Buddhist Case For Laziness (And How It Can Make You More Productive) | Brother Chân Pháp Hữu

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🗓️ 24 June 2024

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

What if one of the often overlooked keys to being productive is being lazy? That’s the case you will hear made today by Brother Pháp Hữu, a very impressive young zen Buddhist monk.

Brother Pháp Hữu is a senior Dharma teacher in Thich Nhat Hanh’s International Plum Village Community and abbot of Upper Hamlet, the monks’ community in Plum Village Monastery, a practice center founded by Thich Nhat Hanh in southwest France. Born in Vietnam, he emigrated to Canada as a child. He began training with Thich Nhat Hanh at the age of thirteen when he first entered the monastery to become a monk. Thich Nhat Hanh gave him the name Chân Pháp Hữu, which means “True Dharma Friend.” For more than ten years, he accompanied Thich Nhat Hanh on his international teaching tours as his attendant and assistant. Today, Brother Pháp Hữu is deeply committed to building community and continuing Thich Nhat Hanh’s legacy, bringing his teachings in particular to businesspeople, families, and young adults. Brother Phap Huu is passionate about basketball, music, and developing new approaches to teamwork, leadership, mentoring and coaching, and is a beloved co-host—with journalist, leadership coach, and workshop facilitator Jo Confino--of the Plum Village podcast, The Way Out is In.

In this episode we talk about:

The origin and purpose of something called Lazy Day
What doing nothing looks like in practicality
Why doing nothing is so hard for people
How you can integrate the wisdom of lazy days into your life, even if you can’t carve out a whole day
How laziness in and of itself can be productive and how it allows for a re-examination of our own happiness.
And The geopolitical case for being vs. doing

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0:00.0	This is the 10% happier podcast. I'm Dan Harris. Hey gang, okay, so this one, this interview really got under my skin in a good way. I say this as a
0:25.2	compulsive doer, somebody who has trouble sitting still and is often creating and
0:31.4	then checking things off of to-do lists. In other words, I say this is
0:35.4	somebody who is somewhat obsessed with productivity. However, what if one of the
0:39.9	often overlooked keys to being productive is being lazy.
0:45.0	That's the case you're going to hear made today by Brother Fop Hoo, a very impressive young
0:50.4	Zen Buddhist monk.
0:52.2	Lest you jump to the conclusion that my guest as a monk doesn't know squat about being productive,
0:58.0	please consider that he's an Abbot at Plum Village Retreat Center in France, which was founded by the legendary Zen Master
1:05.3	Tiknot Han who died not too long ago, meaning this guy has a very busy job helping to run the
1:10.8	whole place, but that's not all. He's also a podcaster and a self-described
1:16.3	gym rat. We talk about the origin and purpose of something called Lazy Day, what
1:21.9	doing nothing looks like in practicality, why doing nothing is so hard
1:27.1	for so many of us, how you can integrate the wisdom of Lazy Days into your life, even if you
1:32.3	can't carve out a whole day, how laziness in and of itself
1:36.5	can be productive and how it allows for a re-examination of whatever we're calling happiness
1:42.2	and the geopolitical case for being versus doing.
1:47.0	This is part of our series called Get Fit Sainly.
1:50.0	If you missed the previous episodes, go check them out.
1:52.0	We've covered the science of longevity, go check them out.
1:52.6	We've covered the science of longevity,
1:54.1	the science of motivation.
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