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Re:What Monks Know about Focus by tdudhhu on Sunday March 10, 2024 @05:45AM (#39657898)
Well it's a book review about a specific book. So I don't see why bringing in Buddhism would be relevant in this case.

But related to this: the oldest Bible books are older than Buddhism. And they also contain references to meditation. So it is seems that meditation was already very common in the very old ages.

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Re:What Monks Know about Focus by korginator on Sunday March 10, 2024 @05:49AM (#39657918)
The topic is on what monks know about focus, so I'd say that any relevant monastic practices are relevant to the discussion, that includes Buddhist monks' practices on focus and mindfulness.

As to the second point - the Bible is older than Buddhism? What now?!? I'm surely in a different universe.

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Re:What Monks Know about Focus by tdudhhu on Sunday March 10, 2024 @05:59AM (#39657974)
The Bible is obviously not older than Buddhism but some texts are. And they contain references to meditation.

Maybe the author could have used Buddhism as reference, but wouldn't he than have to reference Hinduism too? I mean: it seems the focus of the author was a book review.

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Re:What Monks Know about Focus by amykhar on Sunday March 10, 2024 @08:52AM (#39658655)
The title was What Monks Know About Focus. The actual topic was justifying the value of reading.
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