> Every material thing you own can weigh you down. Material things can also bring you...pleasure (to use your own word). Of course, there's a balance and it's

> Every material thing you own can weigh you down. Material things can also bring you...pleasure (to use your own word). Of course, there's a balance and it's horses for courses, but I think a lot of people would feel that limiting their ownership of "things" to only those that have utilitarian value would make life far less interesting if not outright dull. In the case of books, I enjoy the tactile sensation of a physical book, and find that physical books are easier on my eyes.