As mindfulness is increasingly stripped from its ethical and cultural roots, Maia Duerr takes a look at the possibility and potential in socially responsible mindfulness

“Caratha, bhikkhave, cārikaṃ bahujanahitāya, bahujanasukhāya, lokānukampāya, atthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanussānaṃ. Mā ekena dve agamittha. Desetha bhikkhave dhammaṃ ādikalyāṇaṃ majjhekalyāṇaṃ pariyosānakalyāṇaṃ sātthaṃ sabyañjanaṃ kevalaparipuṇṇaṃ parisuddhaṃ brahmacariyaṃ pakāsetha.” (Vinaya Piṭaka – Mahāvagga I.11.1–3) The Buddha said: “Go forth, O monks, for the welfare of the many, for the happiness of the many, out of compassion for the […]

COP30 in the Amazon is more than a climate summit—it’s a moral awakening, asking if we ready to recognize that we belong to nature not apart from it