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Minding the Buddhist roots of westernized mindfulness training

2021-01-31 by Werner Absenger

To discover the insights we may miss in westernized mindfulness training we need to appreciate mindfulness training’s position in the Buddhist context.

Estimated reading time: 31 minutes

Taking mindfulness training out of the Buddhist context was a brilliant move by Jon Kabat-Zinn when he created the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program. Unfortunately, doing so also potentially sealed the gate leading to the immense richness of that setting full of important insights and applications (Maex, 2011).

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Filed Under: Contemplative Practice, The Fourth Noble Truth

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