Mystical Buddhism

From jewelry to meditation pillows to tourist retreats, religious traditions are being commodified as never before. Imitated and rebranded as “new age” or “spiritual,” they are marketed to secular Westerners as an answer to suffering in the modern world. In Buying Buddha, Selling Rumi, Sophia Rose Arjana examines the appropriation and sale of Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam in the West today, the role of mysticism and Orientalism in the religious marketplace, and how the commodification of religion impacts people’s lives.

Life gets busier and more stressful with time. Technology, economy, modernity, and many other aspects of these modern times affect us in many ways. We more often than not, try to find an escape route from all the stress built up from this hectic life. This audiobook provides you with a clear insight into the tradition of Buddhism that has been in existence for centuries.