Modern lifestyle that is based on ideologies such as consumerism, individualism and materialism has led to overconsumption, mass extinction and climate change in the world and threatens the wellbeing of every member on this planet. An increasing number of studies indicate that mindfulness practice may address the socio-ecological challenges of sustainability through nurturing a non-dualistic worldview, empathy and compassion. This study adopts a hermeneutic phenomenological approach to explore how the philosophy and practice of mindful consumption and the insight of interbeing might contribute to a more connected and conscious community. We include the first-person narratives from a female British teacher-researcher, who used what she had learned from the Plum Village monastery to develop a mindfulness program for elementary school students, parents and teachers in a Thai public school for the past 11 years. Her story unveils the issues regarding different perspectives of mindfulness among various wisdom traditions, and the challenges in teaching and researching mindfulness practice as a foreign lay practitioner in Thailand. We concluded that embracing polysemia and respecting the existence of every human being, animal, plant and mineral of the whole ecosystem is vital for meaningful transformations at individual and societal level.

以消费主义、个人主义、唯物主义等意识形态为基础的现代生活方式，导致世界过度消费、大规模灭绝和气候变化，威胁着地球上每个人的福祉。越来越多的研究表明，正念练习可以通过培养非二元论的世界观、同理心和同情心来解决可持续性的社会生态挑战。本研究采用解释学的现象学方法来探索正念消费的哲学和实践以及对相互存在的洞察力如何有助于建立一个更加联系和有意识的社区。我们收录了一位英国女教师研究员的第一人称叙述，她利用从梅村寺院学到的知识为小学生开发了一个正念计划，过去 11 年在泰国公立学校任教的家长和老师。她的故事揭示了各种智慧传统中关于正念的不同观点的问题，以及作为一名外国在家人在泰国进行正念练习教学和研究的挑战。我们得出的结论是，接受多血症并尊重整个生态系统中每个人、动物、植物和矿物的存在，对于个人和社会层面的有意义的转变至关重要。