Which life-stile is optimal – the one of Milarepa or the one of Daniel Vasella?

Last Updated on May 25, 2024 by pg@petergamma.org

Milarepa

lived for many years in solitary retreat and has eaten needles there until his skin turned green:

but he then became the most famous poet of Tibet and the founder of a school of Tibetan Buddhism:

EX Novartis CEO Daniel Vasella

. Vasella’s salary including shares and stock options rose to as much as CHF 40 million per year. It is estimated that he earned a total of almost CHF400 million at Novartis.

He has built a villa in Rich (ZG) Switzerland with a very un-Swiss size:

But as Buddha said, do not choose any extremes, but choose the way of the middle.