Our meditation center's tech team is split about whether to add social features to our app because some think community connection supports practice while others worry it will turn contemplation into performance and comparison.
More people experience this than they realize.
The question of whether digital community features enhance or corrupt individual contemplative practice reveals deeper tensions about the relationship between solitude and sangha in Buddhist technology.
“Where Are You with Buddhist contemplative computing?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.