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Sometimes those who are most in need of this wisdom are least willing to accept it in its traditional forms. Presenting mindfulness in a form that can reach th
by excoder 10y ago
Sometimes those who are most in need of this wisdom are least willing to accept it in its traditional forms.
Presenting mindfulness in a form that can reach the people who are not easily moved by the older forms of "evangelism" (e.g. monks living in poverty in a monastery, doing good works in their community) seems to me like a highly worthwhile pursuit.
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... yes, even if the concealed motive is to sell copies of yet another book about mindfulness.
- merpnderp 10y agoThat was hardly the only motive, even if the primary one. Easing the suffering in the world was also a primary driver, as were a pethora of other, just as, or much less, worthy goals.