From Buddhist economics to a new Dharma politics

The following is an important and original combination of a review of Vaddhaka’s book The Buddha on Wall Street, and an article exploring some political implications of Vaddhaka’s Buddhist critique of neo-liberal capitalism.

A review-article of Vaddhaka Linn, The Buddha on Wall Street, Windhorse Publications, Cambridge, 2015

by Manjusiha

Bryan Magee, in Confessions of a Philosopher, says, of Schopenhauer and Hegel, ‘I do not think anything in the whole history of philosophy compares with this invective by one now world-famous philosopher against another’ (1998, p.466). The feud between philosophers...

I want a magic bullet!

I often, like really often, catch myself wanting life’s challenges sorted out in my time and on my terms. 

Practice is slowly teaching me that this is unhelpful, wishful thinking and a better strategy is just to sit with life’s complexity and conundrums and let common sense and reality gradually emerge. 

I also learn that sometimes there is no outcome that will sit in the middle of the way I’d like it to be and that’s okay; perhaps even better!

Meditation helps me to work patiently...

ECA Winter 2016: Days 5 & 6

Yesterday the 35 or so European Chairs began the day with meditation as every day; followed by a presentation on the work of the College of Public Preceptors, from its Chair, Saddhaloka.

They looked at ideas for future international celebrations of Triratna: there’s the 60th anniversary of Dr Ambedkar’s conversion to Buddhism, which falls in 14th October this year and is so particularly important for our sangha in India. In April 2017 there is the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Friends of...