Towards a Fifth Foundation of Mindfulness: Dhamma and Decolonization

Towards a Fifth Foundation of Mindfulness: Dhamma and Decolonization:

Foucault, Marx and Fanon are as essential to my understanding of compassion in action as any Buddhist scripture, so I’m glad to read this by Kenji Liu in Turning Wheel:

As I would sit for long periods of meditation during silent retreats, I could sense the effects of capitalist discipline on my body. I recalled how my body and mind had been reluctantly trained to accept the nine to five work day. I felt my relationship to ca...