From the archive / Mindfulness
Attention Is the Rarest Form of Generosity
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A closing meditation on the phrase that quietly organizes most contemplative teaching.
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Reading Slowly
A monthly issue on the discipline of slow, repeated, resistant reading of sacred and difficult texts.
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From the archive / Arts & Spirit
The Dignity of Small Repairs
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On mending things by hand, and why repair carries a contemplative weight that replacement does not.
From the archive / Sacred Texts
What Is Actually Transmitted in a Blessing of Food
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Grace before meals appears in nearly every tradition. A close look at what the pause accomplishes.
From the archive / Well-being
The Slow Repair of a Broken Habit
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Restarting a lapsed practice is a different skill from starting one. Notes on the return.
From the archive / Philosophies
Why the Best Instruction Is Often Withheld Until Asked
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On the old rule that teaching waits for a question, and what unsolicited wisdom fails to accomplish.
From the archive / Philosophies
The Guest Who Changes the Household
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On hospitality as a spiritual discipline, and what receiving a guest well asks of the people already inside.