Buddhists and Voting

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Nosta
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Buddhists and Voting

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How should be the position of a buddhist, regards political matters? Should he vote? If yes, what kind of group he choose/vote?
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Nosta wrote:How should be the position of a buddhist, regards political matters? Should he vote? If yes, what kind of group he choose/vote?
Some thoughts here:


http://www.thubtenchodron.org/DailyLife ... _vote.html
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Nosta wrote:How should be the position of a buddhist, regards political matters? Should he vote? If yes, what kind of group he choose/vote?
Vote for the Buddhist candidate of course. :thumbsup:
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lol, thats the best idea for sure :-)

BFS, thanks for the link
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