[korginator]

The topic is on what monks know about focus, so I'd say that any relevant monastic practices are relevant to the discussion, that includes Buddhist monks' practices on focus and mindfulness.

As to the second point - the Bible is older than Buddhism? What now?!? I'm surely in a different universe.

[tdudhhu]

The Bible is obviously not older than Buddhism but some texts are. And they contain references to meditation.

Maybe the author could have used Buddhism as reference, but wouldn't he than have to reference Hinduism too? I mean: it seems the focus of the author was a book review.

[amykhar]

The title was What Monks Know About Focus. The actual topic was justifying the value of reading.