The Huffington Post recently visited a monastery in southern France to interview Buddhist monks and nuns and ask for their advice on how best to deal with President Trump. Vietnam war activist and renowned Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh is an advocate of mindfulness and non violence. The Huffington Post interviewed the nuns and monks who practise Engaged Buddhism at the 90-year-old Zen master’s Plum Village monastery in southern France. What they learnt opened their minds. The fact that the world around us defines us and we define the world, hence all is one. Donald Trump is a product of the environment and at the moment that environment is toxic and volatile. The best course of action to deal with Trump, is just to watch him and be non-violent. To confront him and be violent is no good. To ignore him and be non-violent is even worse. Just to watch him and be cool about it misses the point. But to watch him non-violently requires maintaining cool, with a peaceful mind and a compassionate heart. To do that you need to watch your breath and engage in mindful action. Out of that non-violent action- or non-action in case of meditation- [...]
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