Hooked! (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | knygos.lt

Aprašymas

At
one time or another, most of us have experienced an all-consuming desire for a
material object, a desire so strong that it seems like we couldn't possibly be
happy without buying this thing. Yet, when we give in to this impulse, we often
find ourselves feeling frustrated and empty. Advertisers, of course, aim to
hook us in this way, and, from a global perspective, our tendency to get hooked
fuels the rampant over-consumption that is having a devastating impact on the
world's stability and on the environment.

According
to the contributors to this unique anthology, Buddhism can shed valuable light
on our compulsions to consume. Craving and attachment—how they arise and how
to free ourselves of them—are central themes of Buddhist thought. The writings
in this volume, most of which have never been previously published, offer fresh
perspectives and much-needed correctives to our society's tendency to believe
that having more will make us happier.

Hooked!
includes a range of writings on how to apply Buddhist thought and ethics to
understand and combat the problem of over-consumption as individuals and
collectively. Contributors include popular Western teachers, Asian masters,
scholars, and practitioners such