[Unedited] Pankaj Mishra With Krista Tippett

Published: Jan. 22, 2009, 5 p.m.

b'This unedited conversation comes from the produced show \\u201cPankaj Mishra on the Buddha in the World.\\u201d Journalist Pankaj Mishra pursued the social relevance of the Buddha\\u2019s thought across India and Europe, Afghanistan and America. He emerged with a startling critique of Western political economy that is even more resonant today as he pursued the social relevance of the Buddha\\u2019s core questions: Do desiring and acquiring make us happy? Does large-scale political change really address human suffering? See more at onbeing.org/program/buddha-world/186'