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The Buddha described four kinds of students as four kinds of horses — one moved by the shadow of the whip, the next by the touch of hair, the third by the flesh, and the last only by the whip to the bone. Andrew H. Housley on the parable's strange afterlife: Shunryu Suzuki's argument that the worst horse may be the best student, Peter Gabriel's 2023 song that finds a fifth horse hidden in the original four, and what each kind of horse asks of us. From the Patoda Sutta to i/o.

Take what you need. Andrew H. Housley on the slow, surprisingly difficult Zen practice of taking only what is required — and noticing how much is already here. Five practices for daily life: embracing the present moment, simplifying material possessions, silencing the mind's noise, non-attachment, and finding beauty in the ordinary. With wisdom from Shunryu Suzuki, Dogen, Ikkyu, and Basho. A reflection on abundance, appreciation, and what becomes shareable once you discover y