“It’s a fundament of Buddhist belief that everyone, without exception, is inherently a Buddha. Our Buddha-nature (and certainly I include myself here) is blocked from time to time by unresolved greed, anger, or delusion—negative energies known as kleshas. Disturbing as it might be to admit, I am not so unlike our former president or political figures for whom I have difficulty feeling compassion. I am a product of the same Universe, breathed by it, my heart beats according to its laws and principles. I also have the same brain, nervous system, and sense organs as those I ridicule. It requires effort for me to perceive the Buddha in Donald Trump, but here’s a test: Can you name a president in your memory who made it more graphically clear to millions of citizens the overriding importance of honesty, character, transparency, law, and social norms than Donald Trump? He taught by negative example, but the lessons were clear and irrefutable. His occupancy of the White House was instructive…”
Coyote, Peter. Zen in the Vernacular: Things As It Is (pp. 32-33). (Function). Kindle Edition.
Bright, shiny objects! 
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