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(Centipede wisdom): When there’s a boulder in your path…

. A small meditation: . ; . “When there’s a boulder in your path, you don’t always have to put your shoulder to it. Sometimes it’s best just to go around it.” — The I Ching . .

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The Princess Mug Was Already Broken (and the spotty silver mug too)

. Mark Epstein tells the story of travelling to Thailand with friends and teachers and visiting the forest monastery of a renowned meditation master named Achaan Chah. Gathering around him, they asked him to explain the Buddha’s teachings. “He motioned … Continue reading

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