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 Cheri Maples became a Buddhist dharma teacher in 2008.
February 10th, 2011
07:45 AM ET
From stressed-out cop to Buddhist teacherBy Susan Hauser, Oprah.com When a former police captain stumbled on spirituality, she discovered a different way to serve and protect. For Cheri Maples, enlightenment began in a chiropractor's office. It was 1991, and the Madison, Wisconsin, policewoman needed treatment for a back injury - she'd been hoisting a stolen moped out of a car trunk; in the waiting room, Maples flipped through a copy of "Being Peace" by the Buddhist monk and activist Thich Nhat Hanh. "It was so simple, so no-nonsense," she recalls. "He described what mindfulness and meditation actually look like in day-to-day life. It gave me the desire to know more." Seventeen years later, Maples had traded her crisp police blues for earth-toned robes when Nhat Hanh ordained her as a Buddhist dharma teacher. Read the full story here about the cop who became a Buddhist teacher
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@Justina are you a rastafarain? put the pipe down.
Hey now. Don't insult pot smokers by comparing them to Justina's ignorance.
She should work for religious freedom in Buddhist-majority regions and nations. Buddhists don't allow freedom of conscience. The Eastern religions hold no one accountable for evil actions. A nice spirituality for bored, irresponsible Western hedonists.
That pic is of a she?
"Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these." Luke 12:27
Jesus' "Flower Sermon"?
This is great! No proselytizing. No pamphlets with John 3:16 silliness! No requests for money. No prosperity gospel.
Just peaceful meditation! I think this woman is fantastic!
Cheers!