What Do You Hunger For?
The film The Menu skewers grind culture and the economic systems it serves.
Consumerism
Sweets and Suffering
A Won Buddhist teacher on how we consume suffering and how suffering consumes us
Material and Spiritual Balance
A central concern of Won Buddhism, one of only a few forms of Buddhism founded since industrialization, is finding the balance between our material and spiritual lives. Dr. Bokin Kim, a Won minister and President of…
What Sort of “Normal” Is Normal?
Desires are inexhaustible, but we can use this moment of disruption to ask ourselves what we really need.
Thich Nhat Hanh’s Little Peugeot
The Zen master reflects on our culture of empty consumption and his community’s connection to an old French car.
More is Always on the Way
I was on the bus to work the other day, when a taxi passed by bearing the slogan: ‘More is always on the way’. It turned out to be an advert for holidays to Turkey. More…
IdeasMagazine | Off The Cushion
Gifts That Keep Giving
A Buddhist's guide to compassionate gift-giving
Ego in the Shopping Cart
Stephanie Kaza on buying, being, and becoming
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Stop Shopping
and other Buddhist practices to save the planet
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