Danger in Korea

Last week I was discussing Buddhism with one of my older Korean students. He revealed that he'd attended a Buddhist preschool where they taught him valuable childhood lessons. These are the things ALL preschoolers should learn.

• How to sit in Zazen
  
• How to open and close doors quietly
  
• The proper way to drink and pour tea, again quietly
  
• To think things three times before speaking them aloud
• The art of speaking quietly yet clearly

Forget learning to tie your shoes or color inside the lines, here is a blueprint for the education of toddlers. I for one am willing to help a tiny monk tie his shoes if he's busy practicing Zazen.