Gustavo Gitti

Gustavo Gitti writes and teaches from a Buddhist perspective. His website gathers his talks and courses, interviews, and texts on dharma. Its sections include TaKeTiNa and Vida Simples, along with a section on kindness.

One of his texts, "Vivemos uma crise de interesse," argues that people are facing a deficit of interest more than a deficit of attention. In it he suggests that interest in the mind's potential, in reality, in other people's lives and in the ancient wisdom traditions gathers attention, and that this can change a person's life. He ties interest to wisdom, compassion and stability: wisdom makes us curious and keeps us investigating, compassion turns us toward what lies beyond ourselves, and stability of attention, with relaxation of body and mind, lets interest be sustained.

The same text voices a wish that more people become filters of what deserves their attention, time and life. It also hopes they keep following their curiosity, from a single quotation to a book, a teacher and a living lineage, and that they never stop at the first step.