WWBD What would the buddha do? If the Buddha was responding to todays political climate, he would most likely urge people to take a middle path. He himself would try to use logical words to expound on the four noble truths and most likely he would come up with some sort of progressive step by step solution people could follow to Better themselves and society. I am not sure what the middle path is between liberals and conservatives. It seems to me that there is very little compromise in conservatism. That the middle path is what president Obama is walking. The actual liberals are not very happy with his policies. To me Obama is in a very sparsley populated middle ground. Is president Obama doing what Buddha would do? No not really. The Buddha would focus much more on individuals progress towards enlightenment. But, I don’t think the buddha would suggest any huge changes to national policy. The Buddha would understand the huge complexities of running the US government. What do you think?
January 11, 2011
What would Buddha do?
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