The next President needs to be a Buddhist

[ghostsinthemachine]

With daily practice. Do no harm, that kind of thing.

[Phoenix61]

1. That would be cool

Could you see him or her leading the senate in a mindfulness meditation?

[dooner]

2. Jerry Brown

Gov. of California, studied zen buddhism for years.

Unfortunately he's getting too old to run for President.

[Brother Buzz]

4. There's a cool story how he started going down that path

I wish I could locate a link to the story, but basically, the newly minted Governor-elect took a road trip to recharge his batteries after his grueling campaign, and happened past the Tassajara Zen Center in Big Sur. He knocked on the door, curious about what was going on, but was told the place was not open to the public. After talking a bit, the members learned he was the Governor-elect and smiled, telling him there were required, by tradition, by custom, by law, to admit government officials to the premises. They graciously hosted him, and he developed a close relationship with Tassajara that continues to this day.

[kwassa]

3. I know some very pissed-off Buddhist monks ....

and other practitioners.

with whom we demonstrated at the women's march in DC.

The head of a monastery is filling up my facebook feed.