We Can’t Always Get What We Want (And That’s All Right)
Accepting the inevitability of loss is essential to happiness
craving
Silent Depths
A musician and sound healer on the importance of being with stillness
This Is Your Brain on Scarcity
An interview with author Michael Easter on how understanding why we crave can help us curb unhealthy habits and find deeper satisfaction
Sweets and Suffering
A Won Buddhist teacher on how we consume suffering and how suffering consumes us
TeachingsMagazine | In Brief, Teachings
Slip Free of Craving
A brief teaching from a psychologist
Peeling Away the Promise of Desire
Why getting what we crave will not lead to happiness—and what will
TeachingsMagazine | Practice, Teachings
Overcoming the Vortex of Desire
Getting to know your cravings can weaken their control over you.
The Poisoned Cup
Our greed for consumption is causing ecological and social harm. Can the Buddha's teachings help us change course?
The Art That Opens
The creations of culture are far more than high-status objects—they connect us with otherwise inaccessible worlds that reach across individual time and place.
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