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Mindful Politics
Mindful Politics: A Buddhist Guide to Making the World a Better Place | Melvin McLeod
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"I've studied politics my entire life. It's been because of my time working on this book that I've finally learned what's really important in politics." So says Melvin McLeod, editor of Mindful Politics, a book that transcends Right and Left, progressive and conservative, to get to the heart of what matters: how we can all make a positive difference in our complex political world. This is not your typical political book. It's not written at a fever pitch, it doesn't use a good/bad binary, and it doesn't tout partisan policies. Instead, this timely collection addresses the less-discussed but more important questions about politics: What insight does religion have to offer politics? How can we as concerned citizens move beyond the particulars of legislation and party affiliation, and take direct action? How, amid divisive and challenging times, can personal growth and effective advocacy take place together? In short, Mindful Politics offers the perspectives of 34 important authors and thinkers on how each of us, right now, can make the world a better place. McLeod includes essays and insights from some of the brightest, and most controversial, lights of Buddhism - and beyond. Included are: Thich Nhat Hanh Sam Harris (author of The End of Faith) The Dalai Lama Jerry Brown Pema Chodron Trungpa Rinpoche bell hooks Ezra Bayda Meg Wheatley ...and many more
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Planning to start this one this week. Hoping it will provide some wisdom/perspective useful in processing recent events. 🤞

(Side note: Jerry Brown? Really?)

vivastory I find myself adopting a stoic attitude more than I'd like to admit 6y
2BR02B @vivastory there's a time and a place for that- when interviewing for a job on the Supreme Court, for instance. 6y
saresmoore @2BR02B Ha! Yeah... 6y
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Leftcoastzen On Jerry,his original track was Jesuit, and he did go to Japan to study zen in the 1980s. 6y
5280reader Curious to know how it is... I need some political zen. 6y
2BR02B @Leftcoastzen that explains a lot about the song "California Uber Alles." 6y
Leftcoastzen Brown has definitely given mixed messages during his political career and his “off time”. 6y
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