- What does it mean to say “We are always subjected or subjugated by ideologies? There is no ideology-free action or knowledge.”?
answer the following in 80-150 words
- Is the mindfulness presented in the two chapters in “mainstreaming mindfulness” more Buddhist or Capitalist/Consumerist? Why or why not does this question matter?
- One of the most often recited quotes from Karl Marx is “Religion is the opium/opiate of the people.” The full quote is: “Religious suffering is, at one and the same time, the expression of real suffering and a protest against real suffering. Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.” (for larger discussion, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_of_the_people) Western Mindfulness and Western Buddhist meditation practices may in fact be the opium/opiate of the people. How? Contrary, how might angel Kyodo williams’ radical dharma NOT be the opium of the people, but perhaps the opposite: instead of quelling and calming people, it motivates them to act?
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