Jack Kornfield, Trudy Goodman, and some other senior mindfulness teachers now use
the term “loving-awareness”
when they talk about mindfulness. Buddhist monk Ajahn
Brahm calls it “kindfulness.” Why? Because kindness is the most important quality to
be cultivated together with mindfulness. Strictly speaking, mindfulness and compassion
(or kindness) are not the same. But to wed them in the terms “loving or friendly
awareness” or “compassionate awareness” makes sense, as we know that the easiest,
least painful way to hold our experience in awareness is in the presence of kindness or
compassion. And the more the better. This is particularly true during difficult moments.
the term “loving-awareness”
when they talk about mindfulness. Buddhist monk Ajahn
Brahm calls it “kindfulness.” Why? Because kindness is the most important quality to
be cultivated together with mindfulness. Strictly speaking, mindfulness and compassion
(or kindness) are not the same. But to wed them in the terms “loving or friendly
awareness” or “compassionate awareness” makes sense, as we know that the easiest,
least painful way to hold our experience in awareness is in the presence of kindness or
compassion. And the more the better. This is particularly true during difficult moments.
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