Jon Kabat-Zinn - The Heart of Mindfulness
Mind & Life
The Dharma Is Not for Buddhists
The Buddha wasn't the Buddhist you know the Buddha was a Buddha. The point of meditation practice is not to become a Buddhist or nor do you have to go through that gate in order to become a an authentic meditator but to become a Buddha. mindfulness being long ago decided I'll use mindfulness. insights no I didn't yeah how did that go I and in fact I've come although I've used the word secularizing well pleaseYeah nuance that the word I've landed on it's not so great is mainstreaming okay Yeah that's a good word secular implies that I'm taking something sacred and denaturing it to make it available more broadly.
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