Ethics of MBSR
Over the last decade a rich public conversation has developed regarding the ethics of MBSR and of secular meditation more generally, the relationship between Mindfulness Based Approaches and Buddhism, and more recently the risks of adverse experiences in meditation.
Below is a selection of articles with a range of perspectives on the issues.
The Myth of McMindfulness
Bhikkhu Anālayo, Mindfulness, volume 11, pages 472–479, 2020
“From the Mindfulness Revolution to the Mindfulness Wars,” book chapter in American Dharma, Buddhism beyond modernity by Ann Gleig, 2019
Doing no harm in mindfulness-based programs: Conceptual issues and empirical findings.
by Baer, R., Crane, C., Miller, E., Kuyken, W. Clinical Psychology Review, 2019
Too Early to Tell
Jon Kabat-Zinn, Mindfulness, 10/2017
Traditional and Contemporary Mindfulness: Finding the Middle Path in the Tangle of Concerns.
Monteiro, L.M., Musten, R. & Compson, J. Mindfulness 6, 1–13 (2015)
It’s Not McMindfulness
Barry Boyce, Mindful Magazine 07/2015
Mindful Responds to New York Times’ “The Muddied Meaning of Mindfulness”
James Gimian, Mindul Magazine 04/2015
The Muddied Meaning of ‘Mindfulness’
Virginia Heffernan, The New York Times 04/2015
Interview with Jon Kabat-Zinn: The Thousand-Year View
By Alan Senauke, Barbara Gates, Inquiring Mind, Spring 2014
Getting Over the Mindfulness Hype
Ed Halliwell, Mindful Magazine 11/2014
Secular mindfulness: potential & pitfalls
Jenny Wilks, Insight Journal BCBS 09/2014
TIME's Beautiful, White, Blonde 'Mindfulness Revolution'
Joanna Piacenza, The Huffington Post 01/2014
The Heart of Mindfulness: A Response to the New York Times
Funie Hsu, The Buddhist Peace Fellowship 10/2013
The Problem with 8-Week Mindfulness Courses
Vishvapani, Wise Attention 10/2013
Secular Buddhism, New vision or yet another of the myths it claims to cure?
Akincano M. Weber, Insight Journal 08/2013
Beyond McMindfulness: A Thoughtful Reply
Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D., The Huffington Post 07/2013
The Morality of Meditation
David DeSteno in The New York Times 07/2013
Beyond McMindfulness
David Loy and Ron Purser, The Huffington Post 07/2013
The Buddha of Mindfulness, A Stress Destruction Program
Christopher Titmuss, Blog 07/2013
Getting Real About McMindfulness
Jeremy Hunter, Blog 07/2013
Enlightement Engineers
Noah Shachtman, Wired 06/2013
Can Mindfulness Change a Corporation?
David Loy, The Buddhist Peace Fellowship 02/2013
Secular Mindfulness & Buddhism (1) Mining Buddhism (2) A Wider View of Mindfulness
Vishvapani, Wise Attention 10/2012
Buddhism & the Mindfulness Movement: Friends or Foes?
Vishvapani, Wise Attention 04/2012
Responding to Suffering: Learning from Mindfulness Based Approaches
Vishvapani, Wise Attention 04/2012
Some Reflections on the Origins of MBSR, Skillful Means, and the Trouble with Maps
Jon Kabat-Zinn, Contemporary Buddhism, Vol. 12, No. 1, 2011