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The modern business of mindfulness strips the practice of both its spiritual meaning and much of its practical value

Ronald Purser, a Buddhist teacher and a professor of management, advises us to approach mindfulness techniques with a critical eye. He says mindfulness practices have been co-opted by capitalist interests, freeing corporations and governments from responsibility for the larger issues at play in our stressful society.

Neuroscientist Sara Lazar found that people who meditated had more gray matter in the part of the brain linked to decision-making and working memory.

A scientist and a monk compare notes on meditation, therapy, and their effects on the brain

The past decade’s wave of interest in mindfulness meditation has had a utilitarian air.

The past decade’s wave of interest in mindfulness meditation has had a utilitarian air.

Alaya vijnana, the Buddhist concept that explains why you keep doing the same thing over and over—and the practice that shows you how to stop

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It caused a stir when Sam Harris, in a new book titled Waking Up, changed his message from militant atheism to peaceful Buddhism. A positive message is better than a negative one, and since Buddhism is often labeled as “a religion without God,” Harris’s move isn’t as radical as it looks at first glance. He […]