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The Buddha on Poverty and Plutocracy

In a recent dharma talk, David Loy emphasizes the economic roots of the climate crisis and calls for structural, not just individual, change.

By David Loy

Apr 03, 2022

Justin von Budjoss on afforable retreats

Magazine Meditation & Practice

Ask a Teacher

Justin von Bujdoss, a Buddhist teacher and the author of the upcoming Modern Tantric Buddhism, explains that retreats away aren’t necessary for spiritual development.

By Justin von Bujdoss

Fall 2019

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Buddhism by the Numbers: The Economics of Mindfulness

The happiest and unhappiest apps, apps’ annual revenues, the ranking of meditation apps, and more data on the economics of mindfulness

By The Editors

Summer 2019

Opinion: Are Corporations Anti-Dharma?

A corporate lawyer and an economist explain why certainty about the greed of corporations should make a Buddhist nervous.

By Julie Nelson, Jeff Seul

Mar 10, 2017

Buddhism and the Market

How a Buddhist understanding of mutual debt can free us from the pressures of building and growing wealth

By Kurt Spellmeyer, Illustrations by Kara Pyle

Summer 2016

Trike DailySociety & Environment

The Economy of Salvation

To achieve the Buddhist goal of release from karmic debt, we must annul economic debt.

By Alex Caring-Lobel

Jan 20, 2015

White Trash Buddhist

Do you have to break the bank to break into the upper middle way? A Kentucky native shows us what practice looks like on minimum wage.

By Brent R. Oliver

Fall 2014

photo of the dalai lama, noriyuki ueda interviews the dalai lama

The (Justifiably) Angry Marxist

An interview with the Dalai Lama

By Noriyuki Ueda

Aug 29, 2013

Star Wars, Virtual Capitalism, and Western Buddhism

What is Western Buddhism and why is it so damn popular—and important? Pop culture critical theorist Slavoj Žižek offers some possible answers in his article “Revenge of Global Finance” in In These Times. The article was published in 2005, but the bank failures of ’08 and the following recession have imbued the insights presented in the article with […]

By Tricycle

Nov 05, 2010

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Malcolm Martin

Jun 2022

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economics

Trike Daily Society & Environment

The Buddha on Poverty and Plutocracy

Magazine Meditation & Practice

Ask a Teacher

Magazine

Buddhism by the Numbers: The Economics of Mindfulness

Trike Daily

Opinion: Are Corporations Anti-Dharma?

Magazine

Buddhism and the Market

Trike DailySociety & Environment

The Economy of Salvation

MagazinePersonal Reflections

White Trash Buddhist

Trike DailyTeachings

The (Justifiably) Angry Marxist

Trike DailyArts & Culture

Star Wars, Virtual Capitalism, and Western Buddhism