Mindfulness Meditation in Public Schools What does it mean to “secularize” mindfulness? Continue Reading →
Mindfulness: Stealth Buddhist Strategy for Mainstreaming Meditation? Promoters of “secular” mindfulness avoid using the loaded words “Buddhism” or “religion,” and may even steer clear of mentioning “spirituality” or “meditation.” But the practice is essentially similar to that taught in many Buddhist basics classes, says Candy Gunther Brown in Huffington Post. Continue Reading →
Sinister Yogis Below is the index of my posts inspired by this book that examines the history, literature, and methods of yogis from 500 BCE to the present: Sinister Yogis by David Gordon White University of Chicago Press, 2009. Continue Reading →
"Sacrificed" Child-Monks Poor families in north India sometimes give up their sons to the Nath Yogis and other religious orders, simply to survive. Continue Reading →