Not exactly sure how to do this …

But to say that RW who posted here frequently and vehemently about Senator Obama took his life yesterday.  I’ve known RW for some time as a fellow Buddhist-although he practiced the Thai traditions and I follow the Tibetan traditions.  I know that he was always looking for the peace for himself after going through the Vietnam War.

I had the pleasure of introducing my beloved French Quarter to Bob one time on a tour he took to meet a few of us that knew him from an on-line Buddhist discussion group.  He was very proud of both his children.  His daughter was a virtuoso on the violin.  He also had 2 sons.  He took care of his elderly father until he passed a few years ago and was fixing up his old family home. When I met him about 12 years ago, he was coming off of a very bad divorce and was always talking about taking monk vows.  He never did.

No matter what difference we had about political candidates, we always had a lot of respect for each other.  I just talked to my lama and just hoping we can finally get him to a place of peace.

Om mani padme hum

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