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TheGreatAbider16  ·  3588 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Do we really need more guides to mindfulness?

I agree that the lost nuance can be recovered. I'm actually all about the secularization of mindfulness and meditation. It can remain an extremely valuable spiritual practice full of variation and nuance without being tied to anything mystical or supernatural, which is not my thing. I too notice daily benefit from my practice, and a lot of my day-to-day practice is based on the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh, but I still would not really call myself a Buddhist.





OftenBen  ·  3586 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I still would not really call myself a Buddhist.

Agreed.

I sit, I try to be kind, but I'm not part of a sangha, and I don't think I'm going to come back as anybodies Dachshund if I'm really good in this life.