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    First Cut Paid Member

    By Tom Drury
    I In October of 1994 my brother John and I drove from New England to Iowa to revisit the farm town where we had grown up. I was thirey-eight years old, John was thirey-one, and our mother, who lived in the town and with whom we would be staying, was sixty-four. I did not like being thirty-eight. Thirty-seven had been much better and thirty-nine when it came would be much better. Here I am only talking about the look and sound of numbers and not about the events that came in these particular years. Forty-one suited me, forty-three did not, and forty-four, my age now, is if nothing else better than forty-three. More »
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    Mothering as Meditation Practice Paid Member

    By Anne Cushman
    For the first few weeks of my son Skye's life, he would only sleep if he could hear my heartbeat. From midnight to dawn he lay on my chest, his head tucked into the hollow of my throat, awakening every two hours to nurse. In the day, he'd nap in my arms as I rocked, a slides how of emotions—joy, exasperation, amusement, angst, astonishment—flickering across his dreaming face, as if he were rehearsing every expression he would need for the rest of his life. If I dared to set him in his bassinet, he'd wake up with a roar of oytrage, red-faced and flailing. He cried if I tried to put him in a baby sling, frontpack, stroller, or car seat. He cried whenever I changed his diaper. And every evening from seven ro nine, he cried for no apparent reason at all. More »
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    Books for Children Paid Member

    By Whitney Stewart
    THE DEATH OF ECHADON: How Buddhism Came to Silla By Edward B. Adams.Seoul International Publishing House: Seoul, 1986.32 pp. $7.50. Charles E. Tuttle, distributor. This ancient legend recalls how the people of Korea, who once rejected Buddhism in order to preserve their own traditions, later came to embrace the teachings of Shakyamuni. Two successive kings from Silla believe that Buddhism will bring peace and happiness to their kingdom. They try to convince the people and the stubborn palace officials of the need for Buddhist understanding. The second king is perplexed and without hope until he grants an audience to a sincere young man named Echadon. Echadon loves the Buddha's teachings and offers to die in order to bring about a miracle that will change the hearts of the people. More »
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    Do Less, Accomplish More Paid Member

    By Marc Lesser
    Ilustrations by Seyed Alavi More »
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    Beyond Blame Paid Member

    By Mark Epstein
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    Introduction: Teaching Your Children Buddhist Values Paid Member

    By Mary Talbot
    Of all the thousands of the Buddha's teachings, he directed a very few—three or four, depending on what you count—specifically to children. Considering the multitude and breadth of his suttas, it's hard to imagine why more weren't geared to kids: was it because following his path requires a mature mind and mature commitment? Or was it because Indian society twenty-six hundred years ago had the instruction of children firmly in household hand—if adult family members were following the Buddha, children would naturally absorb the lessons and culture of the dharma, too. Or perhaps—and this is a personal guess—it was because the Buddha's principal teaching to a child so perfectly encapsulated the dharma that little else needed to be said. More »