As an independent magazine in German-speaking countries, Ursache/Wirkung deals with relevant topics in the areas of society, health, spirituality, ecology, culture and politics from a Buddhist point of view and was founded by Dr. Peter Riedl in 1991. The magazine appears quarterly with a print run in between 15,000 up to 20,000 copies, which makes it the most important and most widely read Buddhist magazine in German-speaking Europe.