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FYI: your summary is more likely to discourage people from meditating than encourage them if: 1) They are not enthusiastic about religion. 2) They are already
by thenomad 10y ago
FYI: your summary is more likely to discourage people from meditating than encourage them if:
1) They are not enthusiastic about religion.
2) They are already members of another religion and do not wish to convert, particularly if said religion is not very positive about Buddhism.
For any readers in those two camps: meditation and religion are often linked, but do not need to be. There are plenty of secular guides and practices too, and if you are religiously inclined, there are also likely to be guides on combining your religious beliefs with best-practice meditation.
- eeZah7Ux 10y agoFor any readers in those two camps... I really recommend Zen. It in known for its rejections of beliefs.
- cygned 10y agoSecond this. But I have to admit, Zazen (the Zen form of meditation) is challenging. It's different from what one usually thinks about meditating.
- mettamage 10y agoHmm... people seem to take whatever I wrote a bit too harsh on the religion thing. I take religion as inspiration on how to live my life. I'm not religious myself though, never will be. Perhaps I needed a proofreader first before publishing whatever I wrote. My apologies for scaring people with the overtones being interpreted as religious. It wasn't my intention.