Sri Lanka, Aug. 8 -- In today's fast-paced world, mindfulness has become a buzzword, a trendy practice packaged and sold for profit. But what lies beneath this commercial facade?

Mindfulness, originally imparted freely by the Buddha, has now been commodified to an alarming extent. The proliferation of mindfulness apps and the rise of million-dollar businesses built upon them are clear indicators of this troubling trend.

Ron Purser and David Loy, in their article Beyond McMindfulness, shed light on this commercialisation of mindfulness. They aptly criticise the "stripped down, secular technique" that divorces mindfulness from its ethical foundation, rendering it ineffective in addressing the deeper causes of human suffering. The staggeri...