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You cannot separate the religion from the practices. The bowl, the chime, and the techniques are integral parts of those religious practices, part of that religion. What they are doing is indoctrinating those children into the buddhist religion. I mean, really...that bowl chime has replaced the school bell in one of the schools. They aren't exactly hitting a wooden spoon on a mixing bowl. That would be secular. The implements and trappings of this religion are being freely practiced and dispersed in these school settings. The very dangerous mind-clearing techniques are being taught to these children and the children are expected to use them and tell others about them. They are teaching them to parents. Just because you don't specify the other gods involved in this religion, do not doubt that they are there. They are. The children are being instructed on how to invoke them surreptitiously and unknowingly. That bowl chime is a summons.

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----- Original Message -----
From: Anita Makuluni <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sunday, June 17, 2007 11:14 pm
Subject: Re: Fwd: NYTimes.com: In the Classroom, a New Focus on Quieting the Mind
To: African Association of Madison <[log in to unmask]>
Cc: VERA R CROWELL <[log in to unmask]>


> VERA R CROWELL <[log in to unmask]> wrote: 
> Why are these religious practices allowed in the school?
> <
> 
> Vera,
> 
> Note the following from the NYTimes article:
> "The techniques, among them focused breathing and concentrating on a 
> single object, are loosely adapted from the work of Jon Kabat-Zinn, 
> the molecular biologist who pioneered the secular use of mindfulness 
> at the University of Massachusetts in 1979 to help medical patients 
> cope with chronic pain, anxiety and depression."
> 
> If students were being asked to concentrate on a god or a religious 
> doctrine, I would argue that it is a violation of "separation between 
> church and state" but this is a *secular* version of a practice that 
> is used in Tibet. Even though people sing in church, there is no ban 
> on singing in school. Heaven help us if "mindfulness" becomes the sole 
> domain of religion.
> 
> Best,
> Anita
> 
> ===
> Anita H. Makuluni * Madison, WI * [log in to unmask]

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