Has anyone read:
http://www.ca3rsproject.org/bulletins/3RsBulletin-Nov-2016.pdf
It presents both sides of the argument. One by Dr Patricia Jennings saying Mindfulness can be secularized and another form Dr. Candy Gunther Brown saying it can't.
I found this interesting on page 7
"As secular mindfulness
teacher Jenny Wilks explains in the
article “Secular Mindfulness,” “key
Dharma teachings and practices are
implicit . . . even if not explicit” in
secular classes. Wilks elaborates
that “although we wouldn’t use the
terminology of the three lakkhanas
[marks of existence: anicca, or impermanence;
dukkha, or suffering;
and anatta, or no-self] when teaching
MBPs [mindfulness-based programs],
through the practice people
often do come to realize the changing
and evanescent nature of their
experiences.” Those teaching mindfulness
in secular contexts such as
public schools may not intend to
cross the wall separating government
from religion, or even recognize
that they are doing so. But
suppositions about the nature of
reality can become so naturalized
and believed so thoroughly that it
is easy to infer that they are simply
true and universal, rather than recognizing
ideas as culturally conditioned
and potentially conflicting
with other worldviews."
So a realization might challenge their current world view. Wow!
