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First Buddhist Army chaplain is from Tennessee

Interfaith

Written by holmegm

Wednesday, 23 September 2009 18:58

From The Tennessean:

When Thomas Dyer heads to Afghanistan in December, the former Marine and one-time Southern Baptist pastor won't take a rifle with him. He won't take a Bible, either.
Instead, Dyer, a Tennessean National Guardsman from Memphis and the first Buddhist chaplain in the history of the U.S. Army, hopes to bring serenity and calm, honed by months of intensive meditation.

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laika

|2009-09-30 23:46:48

gotta be honest; i wouldn't mind a Buddhist on my team. wouldn't be offended in the least.

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