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When spiritual groups struggle with defining their identity

Our meditation group started five years ago as a way to explore contemplative practice together but lately it feels like some people want it to become more explicitly Buddhist while others want to keep it secular. We're starting to have tension during what used to be peaceful gatherings and I don't know if we can find middle ground.

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A contemplative community is fracturing over questions of religious identity and inclusive practice.

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