Nov 29, 2019 21:00:00

Mindfulness boom claims that 'capitalism packs Buddhist thought'

by Marubatsu

Mindfulness, “concentrate on the moment, abandon various value judgments and accept the reality as it feels,” was originally derived from Buddhism and is a technique that should be used in stressful modern society. It is popular with. However, the mindfulness epidemic is “capitalizing Buddhist thought by capitalism,” and Ronald Parser, a professor of business administration at San Francisco State University, is harshly criticizing.

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While the parser professor is a management scholar, a is Buddhism Zen-based taego order is also a priest. Prof. Parser introduces the words of a former Buddhist monk: 'I never thought that mindfulness would be so popular or become a good thing.'

According to Professor Parser, there was an economic loss of $ 300 billion annually in the United States due to stress-related absences, and 7 out of 10 people had retired due to stress. About this survey result, Parser said, `` There are certain problems that people are suffering from anxiety, stress, and depression, and there are problems '', and solves the `` cause of stress spreading '' that sleeps throughout the company and society Rather, they are questioning that employees are moving in the direction of mindfulness to individual stress.

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Professor Parser gives an example of a Google engineer who works 60 to 70 hours a week: “Google ’s mindfulness education gives Google engineers the personal benefit of stress reduction. , The thoughtfulness gained by mindfulness will not question the digital technology we are working on, and Google ’s engineers will be thoughtful and productive by mindfulness, so that the whole society can focus It ’s sadly ironic that the technology is created to distract you. ”

Professor Parser also pointed out that the US Army and Marine Corps are conducting research to incorporate mindfulness into military mental training. Soldiers heading to the battlefield are exposed to great stress, and sometimes have PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder), but Professor Parser said, `` By accidentally shooting a child by relieving the stress of the soldier with mindfulness Instead, you might be able to save civilians, which of course deserves praise, but the military use of mindfulness is a major political issue. ” doing.

In the first place, mindfulness is not a way to relieve stress in Buddhism. In Buddhism, Mindfulness is a way of thinking that represents a way of life that 'always lives with a calm heart' and Professor Parser argues that it is not a means of achieving the goal of stress reduction.

by Nick Fewings

“I believe that true mindfulness is not to reduce individual stress, but to be interdependent with the causes and circumstances of suffering that exists beyond the individual,” said Parser. He called for liberation from capitalist “toolistic applications”.