Mindfulness Meditation, Based on Buddha's Teachings, Gains Ground With Therapists

New York Times by Benedict Carey | May. 27, 2008 (Special Report)

For years, psychotherapists have worked to relieve suffering by reframing the content of patients' thoughts, directly altering behavior or helping people gain insight into the subconscious sources of their despair and anxiety. The promise of mindfulness meditation is that it can help patients endure flash floods of emotion during the therapeutic process -- and ultimately alter reactions to daily experience at a level that words cannot reach. "The interest ... Full Story »

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by Mike Carlson - Jun. 3, 2008

The article is naive. It treats traditional Mahayana meditation as a new trick in the therapist's bag-o-tricks. In fact, followers of Buddha developed his original insights into a complex model of human psychology long before we applied Greek terms to the study of human thinking processes. The work of Kant, Kafka, and certainly Jung all evidence strong Buddhist influences. Simply follow the Buddha's last and most frequent recommendation ... go sit and find out for yourself.

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