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Brown quotes Zen vows in proposition victory speech

by Lion's Roar Staff| November 7, 2012

In a speech celebrating the victory of California’s Prop 30 on Wednesday, Governor Jerry Brown quoted one of Zen’s Four Vows.

Joining Heaven and Earth

by Melvin McLeod| July 1, 2004

Photo by Srikanta H.U..

Where dharma meets the “art of the possible.” A discussion with Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown, Roshi Bernie Glassman, and James Gimian.

Jerry Brown: Zen and the Art of the Possible

by Trevor Carolan| September 1, 2000

In American politics, an enterprise too often characterized by adultery, dyed hair and spin doctors, Jerry Brown remains a maverick original.