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A Zen Master Explains Life and Death to a Child and Outlines the Three Essential Principles of Zen Mind

By Maria Popova

“Zen practice … requires great faith, great courage, and great questioning.”

Read on www.brainpickings.org

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Mom Talk: The Many Gifts of Parenting with a Disability

Born with a rare neuromuscular condition, the New York–based mother of twins and psychotherapist has dealt with physical limitations her whole life. But what these limitations have resulted in is a rich list of abilities and lessons that she is uniquely suited to pass down to her children.

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Audra DeNicola
2021
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A Heartfelt Appeal for a Graceful Exit

Studies of dying patients who seek a hastened death have shown that their reasons often go beyond physical ones like intractable pain or emotional ones like feeling hopeless.

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Jane E. Brody
2008
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Terminal Options for the Irreversibly Ill

My Feb. 5 column, “A Heartfelt Appeal for a Graceful Exit,” prompted a deluge of information and requests for information on how people too sick to reap meaningful pleasure from life might be able to control their death.

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Jane E. Brody
2008
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How to Cultivate Equanimity Regardless of Your Circumstances

A calm mind and even temper can help make peace with life’s difficulties.

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Toni Bernhard
2011
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Rest in Your Buddhanature

Your true nature is like the sky, says Mingyur Rinpoche, its love and wisdom unaffected by the clouds of life. You can access it with this awareness meditation.

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Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
2021
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