DharmaStack / Special U.S. Presidential Election Edition

Buddhist-inspired writings to get you through this election time plus online meditation support

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In the meantime, here’s a round-up of posts by authors who are writing about the U.S. Presidential election from a Buddhist perspective. Most of us here in the U.S. feel like we’re in a pressure cooker and it’s not at all clear that will end after Tuesday’s election. These writers are bringing their practice to the forefront and offering us ways to be with with all that is in the air right now.

WRITING ON SUBSTACK (alpha by author’s last name)

• Keep the Faith — an election survival kit from

  Maia Duerr

• I hear there is an election tomorrow by Rev.

  James Ford

• A Mindfulness Toolkit: Election Day Edition by

  Logan Juliano, PhD

• Paradoxical Practice #2 — practicing with doubt by

  Kert Lenseigne 🌱

• To Have and To Hold Each Other by

  Zenju Earthlyn Manuel

• 10 Days to the November 5 Bardo, a video from

  Mel Pine

• Five Ways to Cope With Election Stress by

  Lodro Rinzler

• Buckle Up and Brace for Impact, a Taoist perspective from

  Diamond-Michael Scott

• Political Anxiety and Creating a Better Future by

  Jude Star

• The Impossible Election: U.S. on Edge by

  Thanissara

• Being This Whole Happening by

  Joan Tollifson

If you know more writings on the election from a Dharma perspective, drop ‘em in the comments below.

WRITING ELSEWHERE

• Buddhist Advice for Election Anxiety (Lion’s Roar)
  Four Buddhists offer advice for dealing with despair, anger, grief, and anxiety. With Harry Um  •  Guo Gu  •  Sister True Dedication  •  Cristina Moon

• It’s No Time to be Neutral (Lion’s Roar) by

  Bhikkhu Bodhi

• A Time for Bodhisattvas (Lion’s Roar) — a collection of Buddhist responses to the election from diverse teachers and practitioners, including Mushim Patricia Ikeda, Roshi Joan Halifax, Joanna Hardy, Rhonda Magee, and Norman Fischer

• I Am This Chaos, by Christopher Rivas (Tricycle, behind a paywall)

• Us vs. Them: Buddhist Perspectives on Navigating Disagreement and Division by Kassidy Evans (Buddhist Door Global)

• What Buddhism can teach Americans in this moment of deep division by Jeremy David Engels (MinnPost)

Online meditation support for Election Day and this month

Here on Substack, the

Zen Peacemakers

are offering a space for online meditation this Tuesday, November 5. Learn more here.

An Election Sanity meditation from Tara Brach (audio).

Dan Harris

offers an Election Sanity meditation (video).

Meditation teacher

Susan Piver

is offering a free month in her Open Heart Project Sangha, intended to help you “stay steady during election season.” Find out more here.

Upaya Zen Center and Roshi Joan Halifax will be livestreaming zazen on Tuesday, 7 to 10 pm Mountain Time, on their YouTube channel.

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