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Mentioned in the episode

• Andrew Taggart’s website
• Pathways to the Dao (Andrew’s Substack)
• Leisure: The Basis of Culture by Josef Pieper
• Secular Monks (article by Andrew Taggart)
• Why Buddhism is True by Robert Wright
• Pierre Hadot (Philosophy as a Way of Life)
• The Pathless Path by Paul Millerd

• (00:00) - Introduction
• (03:04) - The Evolution of Work Philosophy
• (07:07) - The Role of Telos in Modern Life
• (14:01) - Personal Journeys and Realizations
• (36:36) - Writing as a practice and medium for understanding
• (47:56) - Rethinking Karma Yoga in Modernity
• (50:34) - The Mundane Nature of Daily Tasks
• (56:58) - The Spiritual Journey of Work
• (58:40) - Introspection and the Reality of Work
• (01:10:28) - Balancing Objective Conditions and Inner Peace
• (01:27:29) - The Concept of Inner Purification
• (01:34:51) - Final Thoughts and Future Projects

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