How VP Harris appears to me

[vlyons]

As a Buddhist, Kamala has frequently impressed me with her humor, happiness, and sheer joy, which is not to diminish her seriousness of purpose by any means.

One of the 6 perfections of a Boddhisattva is joyous endeavor, sometimes called enthusiastic perseverance. That's what she shows me, joyous endeavor. I find her quite inspiring. Thank-you Madame VP.

[Alpeduez21]

1. I remember how good with that she was in her VP debate

Smiling and nodding while shutting Pence up "I'm talking now, thank you."

I need these good examples in my life.

[Kittycow]

2. She has the most delightful laugh

as evidenced in the Senate yesterday

[Johnyawl]

23. Yes she does!

I love it when she laughs, it's so genuine, and happy.

[cilla4progress]

33. I said this to my husband last night!

So genuine. Stops me in my tracks.

It had to be one of her "selling points" to Biden. It was to me, when I initially supported her in the primaries.

[Wawannabe]

3. Looking for my joy again!

Sucked out of me by the last 4 years.

I feel less despondent already. And I don’t want to punch people when it becomes obvious they are tRump people.


Gonna take a trip soon. See natural beauty and commune. Will be soul washing.

And, yes. She is a joy!

[Kitchari]

4. Yes, the joy that comes from within

Can't be faked. I just love her.

[WhiteTara]

5. She laughed when she announced herself in the

third person as resigning from her senate seat. This is going to be a whole different game. The rules are being made today and there will be humor and art and singing and dancing and seriousness as we live this new paradigm. I'm overjoyed and working my own new life as well.

[SunSeeker]

8. And we now have competence. And truth!

[Marcuse]

26. Did Trump ever seriously refer to himself in the third person?

I don’t remember. It seems like awakening from a bad dream.

[PCIntern]

38. Apparently he did....

There was a recent story wherein he confronted someone and said the equivalent of you never really backed Trump.

We had a thread about that a couple days ago.

[Marcuse]

42. Yes, he did it practically every time he spoke.

[cilla4progress]

34. Yes! Art, music, dancing -

back in the White House.

Science, too!

Wasn't that inauguration, well, PERFECTION??!!

So grateful they gave us a chance to cry and release so much after 4 years.

[WhiteTara]

40. Me too. This was so cathartic

I wept, laughed, danced, stared in fascination, wept some more and this morning woke up with a smile on my face.

[obamanut2012]

47. Yes! She said something like "This is kinda weird"

I literally said, "This must be weird for her," to my GF right before she said it.

Love her!

[OAITW r.2.0]

6. The perfect antidote to the humorless void known as Pence. nt

[SunSeeker]

7. She has always had a 1,000-watt smile, even in mundane CA state meetings with no TV csmeras.

She was so charismatic when she was CA AG, showing up for mundane local meetings, smiling and taking pictures with anyone and everyone who wanted a shot with her.. And we all did. Everyone could see back then we would not have her for long, that she was destined for Washington. Then she became Senator, and then everyone got to know the Kamala us Californians knew.

[vlyons]

10. Too bad she doesn't have a twin to send to Texas !!!

nt

[SunSeeker]

13. You've got tons of political talent in Texas. They just need a spotlight, and money.

Don't stop all the good work you all have been doing with Dem voter registration. That is key!

[WinstonSmith4740]

20. From what I understand, Stacey Abrams is bringing her talents to Texas

By now, I'm sure Republicans wish they hadn't cheated her out of the governorship in Georgia.

[SunSeeker]

22. Indeed. And she may still end up governor of Georgia.

Word is she's running for GA governor in 2022.

https://www.glamour.com/story/stacey-abrams-plans-to-run-for-governor-again-in-2022-reports-say

[WinstonSmith4740]

45. How awesome would that be?!

Kemp's got to be shaking in his shoes right now. Unless he's too dumb to realize how much trouble he's in. One of the things that truly warms my heart is how many of those damn fools sold their blackened souls to Trump, and then got royally screwed by him. Couldn't have happened to a more deserving bunch.

[cilla4progress]

35. She's gonna run roughshod over the Senate

turning that charm on them. Not to mention her whip smart fierceness.

I understand they want her in that role - strong arming the Senate on legislative votes.

One of Joe's best decisions. I think this is going to be a very effective administration!

[Auggie]

9. Thanks for sharing this ...

I’ve been trying to put my finger on what is so delightful about Harris and that description — joyous endeavor — nails it.

[easttexaslefty]

11. How did I not know she's a Buddhist??

I had no idea.
Thanks!

[TheRickles]

16. I think the poster meant that the poster is Buddhist, not Kamala

The poster's icon is of the Dalai Lama(!), and Kamala is a Hindi name, though I don't know what Ms. Harris's religious beliefs are. No big - she still has a great smile (the VP, that is - and maybe the OP, too, for all I know!)

[vlyons]

36. That's right. I'm a Buddhist

I don't know what her beliefs are. I'm simply sharing how she appears to me.

[WinstonSmith4740]

46. Embraced it myself many years back.

I was raised Catholic, but it never really "took" In fact, I got chicken pox right before I was supposed to be confirmed. Twice. I used to tease my mom about God trying to send her a message that Catholicism just wasn't going to be my path.
Anyhow, a friend introduced me to Buddhism, and it literally felt like a key fitting into a lock.

[SunSeeker]

19. Kamala is a Baptist.

Here Wikipedia page ssys Harris is a Baptist, holding membership of the Third Baptist Church of San Francisco, a congregation of the American Baptist Churches USA.

From WaPo:

The 55-year-old first-term Democratic senator, whose name means “lotus” in the Sanskrit language, identifies as a Baptist as an adult and brought another faith into her life in 2014 when she married Douglas Emhoff, a Jewish attorney. Their wedding featured the breaking of a glass, a Jewish tradition, and Harris’ stepchildren gave her the nickname of “Momala,” a rhyme with her name that recalls the Yiddish term “mamaleh.”

Attending Oakland’s 23rd Avenue Church of God as a child, Harris said, “we’d learn about caring for the least of these. And I sang in the choir about how faith combined with determination will always see us through difficult times.”

Harris added that her mother also took her and her sister to a Hindu temple “to see that all faiths teach us to pursue justice.”

While she has not spoken about her faith as frequently as Biden, Harris at times invoked biblical values during her Democratic presidential primary bid, which ended last year. During remarks at a forum hosted by the Poor People’s Campaign, a national effort to combat poverty co-chaired by the Rev. William Barber, Harris pointed to the parable of the Good Samaritan as a guidepost.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/harris-brings-baptist-interfaith-roots-to-democratic-ticket/2020/08/12/2d319e6a-dc57-11ea-b4f1-25b762cdbbf4_story.html

[csziggy]

48. Kamala Harris is Baptist

How Vice President Kamala Harris' Religion Has Impacted Her Life Over The Years

She and husband Douglas Emhoff are in an interfaith relationship.
By Korin Miller
Jan 20, 2021

On Jan. 20, 2021, Kamala Harris made history as the first female, African American, and Asian American Vice President of the United States. Naturally, plenty of people are interested in Harris and her background.

With prayer being a part of Inauguration Day, you're not the only one wondering about Harris’ religion. Is she Catholic, like President Joe Biden, or something different? Here’s what you need to know about the new Vice President’s religion.

Kamala Harris is Baptist.

The VP said in an October interview with Interfaith Youth Core that her "faith journey" started when she was young. "On Sundays, my mother would dress my sister, Maya, and me in our Sunday best and send us off to the 23rd Avenue Church of God in Oakland, California, where Maya and I sang in the children’s choir," Harris told the publication. "That’s where I formed some of my earliest memories of the Bible’s teachings. It’s where I learned that ‘faith’ is a verb and that we must live it, and show it, in action."

More: https://www.womenshealthmag.com/life/a35267341/kamala-harris-religion/

[SKKY]

12. I have never really understood what it was that I liked so much about her until now....

...and after reading your post. "Enthusiastic perseverance" sums it up perfectly. She seems to get more joyous as the fight gets harder. Love it! Thanks for this!

[lookyhereyou]

14. enthusiastic perseverance

enthusiastic perseverance enthusiastic perseverance
enthusiastic perseverance our new mantra

just got possible to embrace together into a more

hopeful future enthusiastically

[vlyons]

37. Just so's ya know

The 6 perfections of a Boddhisattva are

Generosity
Discipline (ethical morality)
Patience (for when we have to deal with people, who lack self discipline)
Joyous endeavor (enthusiastic perseverance)
Mental focus (meditation)
Wisdom (seeing how things really exist and responding appropriately)

Personally, I'm working on practicing patience, because it's the antidote to anger. You know the old joke about how do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, baby, practice.

[WhiteTara]

41. My Tibetan Buddhist teacher

spends a lot of time with the six perfections.
Generosity is number one, but you can't be generous without including the other five.

[shrike3]

15. Her bio says she's Christian, though. And is a member of a Baptist Church in California.

[Harker]

17. ...

radiance

path forward relit

from within

[PunkinPi]

18. She referred to herself as a "Joyful Warrior" in the primaries, and she nailed it. nt

[Lokee11]

21. I love her infectious joyfulness

But I also love how when she means business - SHE MEANS BIZ-NESS!! That is why when Joe selected her for VP, the only reason I was a little disappointed, was that she would not be able to be AG, which would have struck even more fear into those Chumps out there - not that Merrick won't do the job - Just think Kamala would have been perfect there.

She seems the perfect VP too, so I am still incredibly happy

She is great!

✊!

[llmart]

30. Didn't she make Boofer Boy Kavanaugh cry?

Or am I misremembering this? (I love using that Dubya word.)

[BigBearJohn]

24. I did not know she is a Buddhist. That makes me so happy.

Thank you

[WhiteTara]

43. I think her family is Hindu, not Buddhist

distinctly different, but all is the same.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

25. Great to know! Thanks. For so long she seemed

Not serious enough... It scared me. Makes sense now.

[Caliman73]

39. She was a prosecutor and the Attorney General of California.

You have to be a serious badass to go after Crips & Bloods, and MS-13. You also have to be a serious badass to go after the big banks, like Bank of America and Wells Fargo for defrauding the public.

She is a happy and funny person, but she can also shred you to bits when she wants to.

[BobTheSubgenius]

27. Nice observation.

I would assume that, along with all her other "firsts," she is also the first Buddhist in the WH.


And I'll be there
To shine in your Japan
To sparkle in your China
Yes, I'll be there

[llmart]

31. Kamala is not a Buddhist.

The person who posted the thread is.

[Evolve Dammit]

28. Agreed.

[LymphocyteLover]

29. She is amazing-- I am such a fanboy of her

[nuxvomica]

32. I love her laughter

It is indicative of a childlike innocence, the sort we all struggle to retain against the sham and drudgery of the world, and is contrary to the childish behavior that has plagued us these past four years.

[Lucinda]

44. +1

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