Kaj_Sotala comments on Overcoming Suffering & Buddhism - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 31 May 2011 09:42:21AM * 6 points [-]

(The choice of the word "mindfulness" - was that a coincidence, or a reference to the Buddhist concept of the same name?)

Western psychology originally picked up the concept from Buddhism, and then began developing it independently. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindfulness_(psychology) .

Comment author: Manfred 31 May 2011 02:22:49PM 2 points [-]

To fix the link, replace the right parenthesis with the code %29

Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 31 May 2011 02:45:06PM 0 points [-]

Fixed, thanks.

Comment author: Hul-Gil 01 June 2011 12:03:00AM 1 point [-]

Thanks - I had no idea about this!

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