{"id":1872,"date":"2012-12-05T23:10:46","date_gmt":"2012-12-05T23:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/?p=1872"},"modified":"2012-12-05T23:55:16","modified_gmt":"2012-12-05T23:55:16","slug":"mitt-romney-seeks-buddhist-counsel-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/2012\/12\/mitt-romney-seeks-buddhist-counsel-video.html","title":{"rendered":"Mitt Romney seeks Buddhist Counsel (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Mitt Romney and Tibetan Buddhist Monks (via theonion.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Mitt Romney has \u201cinvested in a high-paid soul-searching team to help him weigh his possibilities\u201d according to the satirical news site, the Onion<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mysteriously, however, the report never mentions the monks, pictured here, which include one Theravadin monk along with what appear to be three Tibetan monks (one wearing the characteristically Geluk yellow hat of the \u201cpandit\u201d or learned person). The report continues:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe talented group of life-purpose consultants, which Romney is expected to pay more than 6 million dollars over the course of however long it takes is comprised of management analysts, poets, and a handful of children who know little, but none the less possess a kind of wisdom.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among the \u2018tasks\u2019 Romney is set to take up over the coming months are \u201ctake a job in the bain mailroom; work way up to CEO\u201d (a reference to which NBC hit TV series?), a bunch of other stuff, and \u201cTranscendental Meditation\u201d which, as it were, is\u00a0not Buddhist<\/em>. See the full video below.<\/p>\n

In an update last week, the Onion reports that\u00a0Romney Locks Self In Oval Office During White House Visit<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Mitt Romney with Tibetan Buddhist Monks and other consultants (via theonion.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n