Talk:Jon Kabat-Zinn

Family
Wife: Myla Her parents: Roslyn and Howard Zinn Children:Will, Naushon, Serena His parents: Sally and Elvin Kabat Source: Gesund durch Meditation (page:330 and 331) german translation of Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and Illness. I do not know the pages there, but should be in a cheapter Thanks or something like this. --Cyrus Grisham 17:17, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

The article is pretty good about sticking to facts, but some sweeping statements such as about his contribution to health care are credulous and uncited. Article should include controversies about his beliefs or link to them. Personally, I know a physician who explained how Zinn had portrayed research as supporting mindfulness by misrepresenting the results (it was not the primary condition, there were other interventions that probably explained the results). But that's just gossip. My concern is that, while meditation has its virtues, it is over-hyped as a medical treatment. I am not a knee-jerk skeptic, by the way, I meditate and have training in Vipassana and Zen. Robert A. Yourell —Preceding undated comment added 03:19, 30 January 2011 (UTC).

In his book, Wherever You Go.... Jon says he is the oldest son in his family. Unless he is being uncharacteristically "cute" he could not be the oldest son, presumably of 2 or more brothers, and also be the youngest child in the family as this site states. I do not know how to resolve this but perhaps someone else who reads this can do that.

Place of birth? Education?
Both pretty standard for biographical articles, especially the latter for one working in an academic field. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.167.19.181 (talk) 07:10, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Please add them in. Span (talk) 08:30, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Nomenclature of Identity
Based on what is written in the article, it seems like he might have created his current surname by adding his wife's surname to his own, while his wife apparently retained her birth name. It's confusing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.234.167.196 (talk) 15:16, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

"Based on what is written in the article", there is no confusion. The man whose name today is Jon Kabat-Zinn, in the past met and married a woman whose name when they met and married was Myla Zinn. There is no indication in the article that her name today is Myla Zinn. Later, after he married her, they were both Kabat-Zinn. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.31.143.24 (talk) 21:07, 5 December 2014 (UTC)

A more recent paper...?
The previous version of this article included the fragment: "A more recent paper[7]﻿..." Not sure what to make of that, so I removed the fragment for now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.108.145.40 (talk) 13:37, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

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Teachers
I'm thinking of adding a citation needed to the claim that Jon Kabat-Zinn studied with Thich Nhat Hanh. I don't mean this as a criticism or either of the two, but Jon Kabat-Zinn speaks about his Zen teachers, and I can't find a source wherein he mentions studying with Thich Nhat Hanh. I'd appreciate if anyone could point me to one.Thehittite (talk) 23:35, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Time, 24 January 2019. Chiswick Chap (talk) 08:02, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi Chiswick Chap, Thank you for your reply! Perhaps I will use this source. This article was written January 24 2019, and the Wiki page of Jon Kabat-Zinn says that he was taught by Thich Nhat Hanh and the Wiki page of Thich Nhat Hanh says that he taught Jon Kabat-Zinn. Do you think it is possible that Jon Kabat-Zinn was merely influenced by Thich Nhat Hanh and that the writer of the Time article, simply referred to Wikipedia? This would put Jon Kabat-Zinn in the uncomfortable position of denying that he studied with Thich Nat Hanh if he wanted to clarify who he considers his teachers. I can readily find sources where Jon Kabat-Zinn mentions Philip Kapleau and Seung Sahn. Please let me know Chiswick Chap and others if you share this concern.Thehittite (talk) 17:58, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
 * I don't. It's a major news magazine and a reliable source. I've already put it in the article. Chiswick Chap (talk) 18:20, 22 June 2020 (UTC)