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Together, they represent the main focus of Buddhist meditation: on calm abiding and the development of wisdom.
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In these stressful times, both are as important as ever.
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To be able "to contend seriously with a problem, you first have to let it in," [as a recent podcast episode I loved](https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/av/living-at-the-end-of-our-world) worded it.
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And "letting in" is precisely the work of mindfulness.
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While separated here, they obviously support each other, because
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"to contend seriously with a problem, you first have to let it in," [as a brilliant podcast episode on climate change](https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/av/living-at-the-end-of-our-world) recently worded it.
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In times like these, mindfulness is more important than ever.
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But despite the urgency of change, we needn't shoulder everything alone.
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Despite its quiescent reputation, Buddhist meditation is a _social_emotional education system.
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But despite the urgency of change (in ourselves and in our world), we need not shoulder everything alone.
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Despite its quiescent reputation, Buddhist meditation is a _social_-emotional education system.
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John Paul Martinez's poem "To Offer Sweet Fruit to the Ghost" was featured in [this beautiful episode of *The Slowdown* late last year](https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/av/to-offer-sweet-fruit-to-the-ghost).
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It shows how Buddhist "superstitions" can be powerful forms of connection and meaningmaking in difficult times—even if they are hard for us Western-educated children to accept:
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John Paul Martinez's poem "To Offer Sweet Fruit to the Ghost" was featured in [a beautiful episode of *The Slowdown*](https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/av/to-offer-sweet-fruit-to-the-ghost).
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In his poem, Martinez shows how Buddhist "superstitions" can be a powerful form of connection and meaning-making in difficult times—even when they are hard for the Western-educated among us to accept:
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> Ma says not to swat at the housefly
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chirring in our headspace
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for the past two hours
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because it just might be you.
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Read or listen to the rest of his poem at [slowdownshow.org](https://www.slowdownshow.org/episode/2021/09/29/512-to-offer-sweet-fruit-to-the-ghost)
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and find hundreds of other poems, podcasts, papers, and a pot-pourri of other precious pieces on our website: BuddhistUniversity.net
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You can read or listen to the rest of the poem at [slowdownshow.org](https://www.slowdownshow.org/episode/2021/09/29/512-to-offer-sweet-fruit-to-the-ghost)
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and find hundreds of other poems, podcasts, papers, and a potpourri of other precious pieces at our website: BuddhistUniversity.net
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As always, if you have any comments, questions or suggestions, please don't hesitate to email me.
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Your Librarian,
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As always, if you have any comments, questions or suggestions, please don't hesitate to email me,
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