Inside Minimalism

Essay Nº8

Simplicity: Way of the Ancients 

Tracing the roots of modern minimalist life

By Andō

In ancient China and Japan, there was a way of life where simplicity was the main focus. 

For some, it arose out of choice, for others, out of necessity, out of poverty. But a simple, attentive life is a rich life.

Zennists lived it, the Daoists lived it, long before the ter…