“In today’s world, many people try to grow and grow and grow. They think growth is always important. Once you reach one level, then you need to grow farther. But for me, once you’re comfortable, then maybe you move to the next phase of helping others to grow, or working on your other areas of life, and so on. Just limit the growth, and then be satisfied with your own lot is taru wo shiru.

And in fact, if everybody practises taru wo shiru, then the world becomes more sustainable. Because we can sustain a kind of wealth of comfortable level for each individual, but we cannot sustain the planet if a few people want to gain so much wealth. That’s impossible.”