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Mindful Resistance: A Buddhist Approach to Dealing with Trumpism...

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       When fascism came to America it  came clutching a bible and waving the flag.  On January 20, 2025. When you run after your thoughts, you are like a dog chasing a stick: every time a stick is thrown, you run after it. Instead, be like a lion who, rather than chasing after the stick, turns to face the thrower. One only throws a stick at a lion once. Milarepa   “Just as it is known t hat an image of one's face is seen d epending on a mirror b ut does not really exist as a face, s o the conception of "I" exist d ependent on mind and body, b ut like the image of a face t he "I" does not at all exist as its own reality."    Nagarjuna "Thanks to impermanence, everything is possible.   Nagarjuna The video below was produced five years ago on the heels of the 1st FOTUS's first disastrous term. It's even more relevant today as the FOTUS and his oligarch associates are moving the nation in a fascist White Christian Nationalist direction...