<i>Excerpted from "America Needs a Buddhist President" by Brett Bevell with illustrations by Eben Dodd. Reprinted with permission from <a href="http://www.beliefnet.com/frame_offsite.asp?pageLoc=http://www.whitecloudpress.com/">White Cloud Press</a>.</i><br><br> <img src="http://images.beliefnet.com/imgs/x_ccc.gif"><br><br> <img src="http://images.beliefnet.com/imgs/tout/story/buddprez_desire_text.gif" border="0"><br><br><br> <img src="http://images.beliefnet.com/imgs/tout/story/buddhistprez_desire.gif" border="0"><br><br> <img src="http://images.beliefnet.com/imgs/x_ccc.gif"><br><br><br><br> <img src="http://images.beliefnet.com/imgs/x_ccc.gif"><br><br> <img src="http://images.beliefnet.com/imgs/tout/story/buddprez_koans_text.gif" border="0"><br><br><br> <img src="http://images.beliefnet.com/imgs/tout/story/buddhistprez_koans.gif" border="0"><br><br> <pagebreak title=""></pagebreak><br> <img src="http://images.beliefnet.com/imgs/tout/story/buddprez_empty_text.gif" border="0"><br><br><br> <img src="http://images.beliefnet.com/imgs/tout/story/buddhistprez_emptymind.gif" border="0"><br><br> <img src="http://images.beliefnet.com/imgs/x_ccc.gif"><br><br><br><br> <img src="http://images.beliefnet.com/imgs/x_ccc.gif"><br><br> <img src="http://images.beliefnet.com/imgs/tout/story/buddprez_meditating_text.gif" border="0"><br><br><br> <img src="http://images.beliefnet.com/imgs/tout/story/buddhistprez_meditating.gif" border="0"><br><br><br><span><pagebreak title=""></pagebreak><br> <img src="http://images.beliefnet.com/imgs/tout/story/buddprez_gel_text.gif" border="0"><br><br><br> <img src="http://images.beliefnet.com/imgs/tout/story/buddhistprez_shavinggel.gif" border="0"><br><br> <img src="http://images.beliefnet.com/imgs/x_ccc.gif"><br><br><br><br> <img src="http://images.beliefnet.com/imgs/x_ccc.gif"><br><br> <img src="http://images.beliefnet.com/imgs/tout/story/buddprez_beggar_text.gif" border="0"><br><br><br> <img src="http://images.beliefnet.com/imgs/tout/story/buddhistprez_beggar.gif" border="0"><br><br></span>