>>Back in 2015, I was invited to lead a mindfulness retreat in Ireland. Upon arriving in Dublin airport, I made my way to the immigration counter. Presenting my passport to the officer, he asked me whether this was my first trip to Ireland. ‘Yes’, I replied:<p>I love the irony of an author speaking about the Buddhist approach to consumption while engaging in the most consumptive act imaginable: international flights to a meditation retreat. We need to get consumption under control. We need to reduce not only our carbon footprints but our overall impact on the natural world. Buddhism, or any other approach, isn't useful if it promotes excess. Flying to Ireland to discuss philosophy, or to indulge in a better or more pure mode of eating, is exactly the type of excessive consumption we need to curtail.<p>>> In the photos taken during our day at Universal Studios,<p>>> In October 2015, I was walking around in New York City.<p>>> It reminded me of a talk our teacher gave when we were travelling in China<p>We get it. You like to travel and have the time+money to do it. What does Buddhism say about boasting?
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652617311769" rel="nofollow">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S095965261...</a><p>It is a review of work in mindfulness and consumption. It is slightly deeper (but also academic).