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E149 | The Cult of Mindfulness | Vishpani Blomfield, Linda Woodhead, Miguel Farias
Category: Arts
Duration: 00:32:32
Publish Date: 2019-04-16 04:50:09
Description: From yoga retreats to mindfulness, meditation is fashionable and now even prescribed by the UK's National Health Service. Yet in some cases it can lead to depression and even psychosis. Is it a mistake to think that self-exploration and being at one with ourselves are necessarily good things? Would it be better to deal with our anxieties through action? Or is meditation the perfect antidote to modern life and a route to transcendental peace? The Buddha Pill author Miguel Farias, Buddhist teacher and broadcaster Vishvapani Blomfield, and sociologist of religion Linda Woodhead explore how we can reach peace. In association with the New College of the Humanities. bit.ly/2FdPgLD
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