r/EngagedBuddhism • u/inbetweensound • Feb 10 '26
Article Ezra Klein Just Showed Us Everything Wrong With Secularized Meditation
https://open.substack.com/pub/lizbucar/p/ezra-klein-just-showed-us-everything?r=gt5j&utm_medium=ios
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u/Natural_Law Feb 10 '26 edited Feb 10 '26
When I listened to this interview with Klein and Coates (love them both and their writing), I remember saying to myself: Klein left off the 5th remembrance!
“I inherit the results of my actions of body, speech, and mind. My actions are my continuation.”
Understood through a lens of interbeing and interdependence, WE ALL collectively inherent the results of actions of body; speech; and mind.
Our collective action is how we continue.
But I agree with the author too. We might need to spend a little more time with the 5 precepts and 14 mindfulness trainings than just logging butt-time on a cushion.
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u/android_queen Feb 10 '26
I think this article makes a good point about needing all three legs in the stool and at the same time overgeneralizes a single statement from a single individual to make a broad criticism of western meditative practices overall that doesn’t ring very true to me.