Extracting Mindfulness from Buddhism

by Danny Fisher

Over at the Tricycle Editors’ Blog, our friend in the Buddhoblogosphere James Shaheen, publisher and editor of Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, offers a thoughtful reflection on a piece in yesterday’s Washington Post about a New York clinical psychologist who specializes in cancer treatment and what she learned from a patient who practiced mindfulness. Specifically, James is inspired by the piece to ask questions about mindfulness practice in clinical settings and whether or not it is Buddhism. Take a look.

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