{"id":534,"date":"2009-04-11T13:05:45","date_gmt":"2009-04-11T13:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/onecity\/2009\/04\/michelle-obama-the-essence-of-maitri.html"},"modified":"2009-04-11T13:05:45","modified_gmt":"2009-04-11T13:05:45","slug":"michelle-obama-the-essence-of-maitri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/onecity\/2009\/04\/michelle-obama-the-essence-of-maitri.html","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Obama: The Essence of Maitri?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.huffingtonpost.com\/2009-04-09-0mkids.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/images.huffingtonpost.com\/2009-04-09-0mkids.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"184\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.logoi.com\/pastimages\/img\/buddha_2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"margin-left:10px;margin-right:10px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.logoi.com\/pastimages\/img\/buddha_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left\">From a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/ed-and-deb-shapiro\/what-buddha-might-say-to_b_183258.html\">Huffpost<\/a> article by Ed and Deb Shapiro:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Michelle Obama&#8217;s combination of honesty and kindness is the essence of <em>maitri<\/em>&#8211;a Sanskrit word that means unconditional friendship with oneself, and from there the feeling of unconditional friendship with all others.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The article continues to compare quotes from the Buddha to the inspirational public persona of Michelle Obama&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/ed-and-deb-shapiro\/what-buddha-might-say-to_b_183258.html\">check it out here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From a Huffpost article by Ed and Deb Shapiro: Michelle Obama&#8217;s combination of honesty and kindness is the essence of maitri&#8211;a Sanskrit word that means unconditional friendship with oneself, and from there the feeling of unconditional friendship with all others. 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