{"id":9585,"date":"2011-07-20T01:53:53","date_gmt":"2011-07-19T17:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=9585"},"modified":"2011-07-20T01:53:53","modified_gmt":"2011-07-19T17:53:53","slug":"mere-mindfulness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2011\/07\/mere-mindfulness\/","title":{"rendered":"Mere Mindfulness?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Was asked to circulate an event about mindfulness via the www.TheDailyEnlightenment.com<\/a> newsletter.<\/span><\/p>\n

S:<\/strong> Hmmm… TDE publicises only Buddhism-related events. Mindfulness events are good, but if they don’t connect clearly to the bigger message of the Buddha, they’re unfortunately often just another somewhat worldly self-improvement exercise.<\/p>\n

T:<\/strong> On hindsight, it might not be a good idea to have it on TDE as it is rooted in Buddhist teachings, but meant to appear secular, so your turning down this is actually a blessing in disguise for non-Buddhists who sign up.<\/p>\n

I’m all for mindfulness events, but if a Buddhist newsletter advertises them when they are not connected to the Buddhism, newbie Buddhists might think mindfulness is just for worldly usage, instead of liberation. Non-Buddhists might think so too. That said, Buddhists should openly teach more about mindfulness and link it clearly to the cause of liberation. Currently, am teaching quite a bit about it in this course: http:\/\/thedailyenlightenment.com\/2011\/05\/course-the-magic-of-zen-origins-stories-essence<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Was asked to circulate an event about mindfulness via the www.TheDailyEnlightenment.com newsletter. S: Hmmm… TDE publicises only Buddhism-related events. Mindfulness…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[89],"class_list":["post-9585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mix","tag-mindfulness","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9585\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}