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”I just wish they wouldn’t call it mindfulness.” Yes, sell it as relaxation exercise or breathing practice. But don’t make people believe this has anything to
by Ididntdothis 7y ago
”I just wish they wouldn’t call it mindfulness.”
Yes, sell it as relaxation exercise or breathing practice. But don’t make people believe this has anything to do with Buddhism. We already watered down and distorted what people think yoga is. Let’s not do this to Buddhism.
- chachachoney 7y agoIndeed. Embrace, extend, extinguish comes to mind.
- vidarh 7y agoI don't think most people care that much about whether or not it has anything to do with Buddhism, and if anything a lot of the people "selling" mindfulness try to avoid the link, because it scares off a lot of people that don't want a religious practice (or don't want one associated with a religion other than "theirs"). I practice mindfulness, but I would never consider myself a buddhist - it took a "secularised" text to get me to pick it up (Mindfulness in Plain English; it's written by a buddhist monk, but makes clear from the beginning that it's a practical guide rather than a guide to the Buddhist spiritual background for mindfulness).