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Parenting Is Not My Dharma Practice, Writer Says
Original: Parenting Is Not My Dharma Practice (and Maybe That’s Okay)
A writer argues in a new essay that raising children should not be treated as a spiritual practice, challenging a popular idea in Buddhist communities that parenting can be a form of dharma training. The piece suggests it is okay to admit that caregiving and meditation practice do not always overlap, and that parents need not frame everyday family stress as a path to enlightenment.
Why now: The essay challenges a widely shared belief in mindfulness circles that parenting is inherently spiritual work, prompting debate.
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- Parenting Is Not My Dharma Practice (and Maybe That’s Okay) · tricycle.org
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