This God Forbid episode “Living Simply: Modern Monks, Hare Krishna & Buddhism” explores how monastic traditions adapt to contemporary life, featuring insights from various spiritual practitioners. Venerable Juewei Shi offers a profound perspective on engaged Buddhism, highlighting how ancient wisdom can harmonise with modern technological and ethical challenges. Venerable Juewei illuminates the relevance of Buddhist monastic principles and Humanistic Buddhism in an increasingly digital world, advocating for simplicity, mindfulness, and compassionate engagement as essential responses to modern complexities like AI, social media and climate change.