Beginner’s Mind: Three Dogs
Loupgarou Whitesides
25 April 2025
A college student in the United States ponders the implications of karma, duhkha, and samsara in the lives of three furry bodhisattvas-to-be
Beginner’s Mind: Heterodoxy, Pluralism, or Buddhist Economics?
Huang Xinlei
29 March 2025
A college student in the United States shares their perspective on the path toward more sustainable frameworks for economic development
Beginner’s Mind: Brutally Frugal to Reluctantly Indulgent: How the US Is Changing My Spending Habits
VySa Nguyen
1 March 2025
A college student in the United States offers some reflections on frugality and self-indulgence in the consumerist culture of US society.
New Research Center at UC Berkeley to Focus on Buddhist Economics and Equitable Policy
Justin Whitaker
14 January 2025
The newly announced center will draw from Buddhism to develop climate policies aimed at equity and public health, led by Professors Clair Brown and Julia Walsh in collaboration with community groups
Bhutan Launches “Mindfulness City” Project to Promote Economy and Foster Well-Being
Justin Whitaker
12 November 2024
The city will be home to over 100000 people according to plans, offering a wide variety of opportunities to young Bhutanese who have recently left the country in search of work
Engaged Buddhism Special Report: Ven. Pomnyun Sunim Explores Sustainable Development at Three-Day Workshop in Bhutan
Craig C Lewis
2 October 2024
The revered Korean Dharma master Ven. Pomnyun Sunim returned to Bhutan to hold a three-day workshop on sustainable development for rural communities.
Beginner’s Mind: Redefining Success? Insights from a Course in Buddhist Economics
Alexander Cacciato
12 September 2024
A US college student studying Buddhist Economics explores religious implications and parallels in late-stage capitalism
Beginner’s Mind: Stillness in Motion
Vicente Gil
2 August 2024
A US college student ponders maintaining harmony and holding Buddhist precepts on the ski slopes
Vienna in the Silicon Pure Land, Part 4: Making Dharmic Finance Cool
Dexter Cohen Bohn
12 January 2024
Integrating her decade of experiences in the West, Vienna Svabhava pursues the goal of a global cooling economy grounded in the first Buddhist precept to refrain from taking life
Vienna in the Silicon Pure Land, Part 3: Reimagining Buddhist Economics
Dexter Cohen Bohn
28 October 2023
Embodying the Dharma name of Svabhava, Vienna seeks to reignite the spirituality of zero through alternative economics
Vienna in the Silicon Pure Land, Part 2: Navigating the Wild Wired West
Dexter Cohen Bohn
29 September 2023
Tracing Vienna Rae’s explorations from coast to shining coast on the techno-dharmic path
Vienna in the Silicon Pure Land, Part 1: Feeling into the Dharma of Emerging Technology
Dexter Cohen Bohn
30 August 2023
Cornered by riot police at both ends of an underpass in central Kuala Lumpur, Vienna Rae smelled tear gas begin to fill the enclosed space.