Posted on 10/29/2019 5:26:52 PM PDT by Farcesensitive
Buddhist indoctrination and meditation techniques are being forced on government-school children across America under the harmless-sounding term “mindfulness,” sparking a growing wave of opposition and legal challenges. Critics said imposing it in public education is not just wrong, but illegal as well. Children as young as 5 are being ordered to participate.
While the controversial program claims to be a “secularized” version of Buddhist practices that have traditionally been viewed as occult and dangerous by Christians, critics are nevertheless sounding the alarm. And despite claims of being “secular,” it does not take much digging beneath the surface to detect the obvious anti-Christian nature of the “mindfulness education” schemes.
In America, the ideas were pioneered by Jon Kabat-Zinn, who established a “Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction” program at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in the late 1970s. Since then, “mindfulness” educators boast of reaching hundreds of thousands of American school children. Millions in taxpayer funding from local, state, and even federal governments have been spent on “mindfulness” education, too.
But the religious and spiritual overtones are hard to ignore. In a video on “Mindfulness in Education” by expert Amy Burke, the very first quote comes from an Indian guru and so-called “World Teacher” by the name of “Jiddu Krishnamurti,” from his book “Education and the Significance of Life.” The decision to quote this particular character guru offers significant insight into what this is all about.
This guru, who was adopted and trained by the head of a Luciferian cult known as the “Theosophical Society,” was blunt about his pagan agenda. “You want to have your own gods – new gods instead of the old, new religions instead of the old, new forms instead of the old – all equally valueless, all barriers, all limitations, all crutches,” Krishnamurti explained.
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If Buddhism is approached as a philosophy, it’s harmless. I’ll take ten thousand Buddhists over ten Muslims any day of the week.
What could go wrong?
“Luciferian cult”
IF it is not the muzzies, it’s the bhuddies.
“Mindfulness” is the current rage.
“If Buddhism is approached as a philosophy, it’s harmless. I’ll take ten thousand Buddhists over ten Muslims any day of the week.”
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Ditto
“If Buddhism is approached as a philosophy, it’s harmless. I’ll take ten thousand Buddhists over ten Muslims any day of the week.”
Yeah, but a separate issue.
My Apple Watch reminds me to breathe.
US Education System: All religions welcome....except Christianity
When a Buddhist commits suicide they don’t generally
try to take others with them.
This is not to say Buddhists can’t be violent,
however it’s usually in self defense.
I agree, The saying is true. “Buddhism is not a religion it is an education”.
Absolutely! Any time, any day.
Pick your poison.
Agreed, although as an agnostic, I don't have a God in this fight...
...see what I did there?
One more tentacle looking to take people away from Christ.
And actually, Buddhists have no God either.
“If Buddhism is approached as a philosophy, it’s harmless. I’ll take ten thousand Buddhists over ten Muslims any day of the week.”
It’s far from harmless but islam is worse.
“And actually, Buddhists have no God either.”
And their idea of perfection is self annihilation.
This is what I call “Gee Whiz” Buddhism - something exotic to entertain the bored white middle class.
And there are those who would tell you that even modern Eastern Buddhism is much less of a mysterious Eastern phenomenon than it appears — that even Eastern Buddhism has been shaped by German romanticism.
Thailand is about 90% Theravada Buddhist, which is the state religion. I remember when there was a crackdown on the Moonies, and one of the charges brought against them was commission of the crime of “causing children to lose respect for their parents.” I would submit that any culture where that is considered to be a public offense is hardly headed to hell in a basket. Or even three baskets.
Well, if one was to judge Christianity solely by its fringes and kooky sects/cults, you could just as easily say that Christianity is “far from harmless.”
I don’t consider that a fair statement or a fair comparison.
Agreed. If a Buddhist or a Hindu bought a house adjacent to mine, I’d sleep easy.
If, however, a Muslim bought the house, I’d be a bit more wary. I might even put a shotgun near the front door. Buddhists don’t go nuts and start hacking people with machetes. And Hindus don’t set off bombs to kill infidels. But Muslims...well, you know.
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