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Wellbeing and Mental Health
Are meditation apps promoting true Buddhist mindfulness?
Research has looked at whether or not mindfulness apps truly promote Buddhist ideals or if they are a product of a lucrative consumer industry.
As a scholar of religion specializing in Chinese Religions – especially late imperial Chinese Buddhism – Beverley McGuire's intellectual interests include religion and media, comparative religious ethics, and religion and literature.