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When spiritual communities split over the role of humor in practice

My meditation group started incorporating Nasreddin stories but half of us think they're perfect teaching tools and half think they're just jokes that mock serious spiritual practice and we can't seem to find middle ground.

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The fool's wisdom divides those who see profound teaching from those who see frivolous distraction, revealing deeper tensions about what constitutes legitimate spiritual work.

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“Where Are You with Nasreddin Hodja's stories — wisdom through absurdity?”

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