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The Couch and the Cushion: Why Mindfulness Is No Substitute for Therapy
Meditation may promote well-being and insight, but it isn’t a cure for psychological problems.
Meditation may promote well-being and insight, but it isn’t a cure for psychological problems.
Soon after Shakyamuni began ordaining disciples, he instituted the practice of an annual rainy-season retreat (called varshika, or “belonging to the rains”), during which the community ceased its wandering and settled down to meditate and study doctrine. Ever since, Buddhist orders have devoted certain periods of the calendar to the strict observance of quiet contemplation. […]
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