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The Middle Way of Sobriety
Reflections on non-intoxication
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Why Right Livelihood Isn’t Just About Your Day Job
In our messy and entangled world, it is impossible to separate what we do for a living from the larger system that makes living possible.
The Fifth Precept in the Age of Facebook and Trump
A meditation teacher and political columnist makes a case for considering the Internet an intoxicant that should be used in moderation.
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The Fifth Precept
Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron, Lama Palden, Allan Badiner, and Norman Fischer share their thoughts on refraining from intoxicants.
Recovery & the Fifth Precept
Don Lattin on how practice helped him recover from addiction
Recovery & The Fifth Precept
Do you have a problem with the fifth precept—refraining from intoxicants? If so, Don Lattin, author of The Harvard Psychedelic Club, encourages you to ask yourself why that might be. In his piece “Recovery & The…
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