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“The stories of the mental health issues of these 4 women were sad and I empathize with the families who are suffering. However, to point the root cause of their mental health issues to Vipassana meditation is very unfair. I went on this 10 day retreat 15 years ago and had several shorter meditation sits following the retreat. This is not a cult. The program sets very clear expectations about silence, meals, and meditation time. There were no surprises for me. It is intense but there were choices available during the retreat that were not discussed on the podcast. This reporting was very sensationalized and targeted against this global meditation community who has helped hundreds of thousands of people through access to low cost meditation. Why didn’t the reporter choose to interview the teacher or any meditation student to provide another point of view? Why focus only on one meditation organization? The postcast starts with the admission that this kind of podcast is unusual for the Financial Times. Maybe it is better to stick with financial reporting.”
BKenn111 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/06/24
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“I found this slow, sensationalist and imbalanced. While the personal stories are tragic and important, the tone, music and “spooky” voiceover clips made it feel as if the podcast had no interest in really analysing the varied experiences and nuances around meditation or vipassana.”
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02/14/24
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“The sheer numbers of people who meditate without injury underscore that the tragedies of this podcast were outliers. The narrator never asked why - even though they had limited meditation experience - why they signed up for intensive extreme retreat of so many days and hours. I do think the 10...”Read full review »
206MrsC via Apple Podcasts ·
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02/24/24
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“Can’t wait for the next episode, this all resonates with me so much!”
clarity74 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
02/02/24
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