Would America be better served if President Obama became a Buddhist?
Lama Surya Das lists the following among his reasons:
It’d be great to have a president for once who practiced right speech, right actions, right intentions and right livelihood, as Buddha taught.
Buddhist meditation and mindfulness training is good for both physical and mental health.
Buddhist practices of mindful anger management and nonviolent conflict resolution could make him an enlightened leader
Buddha was the world’s first ecological leader and protector of animals as well as human beings.
(Obama could rename 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue “The Green House”)
Buddha has for 2500 years taught change and inclusivity.
America would be better served if Buddhism was the prevalent Philosophy of life and not Religion as the good philosophy of life. Ask Albert Einstein or look up his short dialogue on Buddhism in Google.
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America would be better if Pittsburgh lost next week…
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Probably, but then he wouldn’t have gotten elected because this is still a christian nation unfortunately.
PS: GO STEELERS. I’m feeling our 6th championship coming up here.
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I don’t think Obama’s personal beliefs are relevant to his ability to effectively govern….
love the avatar – GO STEELERS!!
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maybe
number 6 is in the bag, eh donna?
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No.
America would be better served is the President put the interest of the people in his mind.
By issuing Surveys (one per legal voter), to every county in every state.
It would cost a lot of money, but it would give more jobs to people. "Distributor"
EDIT: Monkey-Manned-Moon-Mission
Playing against the Cardinals, who had a "controversial" win, by bad Ref calling.
Yeah, looks like the Steelers are gonna win.
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Just an idea.
NO!!
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Be better served if Kenya took him as President!
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America would be better served if Buddhism was the prevalent Philosophy of life and not Religion as the good philosophy of life. Ask Albert Einstein or look up his short dialogue on Buddhism in Google.
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America would be better from these 2 things:
1. You going to jail!
2. Az Cardinals pounding the crap out of the Steelers!
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His religion shouldn’t shape his policies…
like BUSH!!!
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North and South Korea is Buddhist and the north turned on the south and they were brutally massacred.
North and South Vietnam is Buddhist and the North turned on the south and they were brutally massacred.
china is mainly Buddhist and they shot their own people down in tetamine square. During both wars they professed to be peaceful and against the cruel treatment they were doing to each other.
Such as throwing gas on persons and burning them alive in the streets.
They had people committing suicide.
Hopefully he will not become a Buddhist. Ask a Korean or Vietnam vet what they are like?
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I don’t know that he does not practice such high ethic standards. I would hope so.
If he or any leader would follow such a path I would say it is a good thing.
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Atheist by nature Buddhist/taoist by pilosophy.
Obama spent many years absorbing what we have seen come from Rev. Wright. He was elected because that is who he is – not because he is capable of becoming somebody else.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hPR5jnjtLo