List of Buddhist members of the United States Congress

A number of members of the United States Congress who do not formally affiliate with or have a background of Buddhism varyingly engage with Buddhist practices like mindfulness, meditation and studying the Buddhist Dharma; notably Republican US Representative from SC-1, Mark Sanford, engaged with and spoke about Buddhism^[15][16] and stated that his friend told him he was "becoming a Buddhist Christian"^[17], with his own staffers reportedly telling FITSNews that "it seemed to me he [Sanford] was both Christian and Buddhist."^[18] However, Sanford did refute claims that he had formally converted to Buddhism.^[19]

Former Congressman Tim Ryan (D) of Ohio also engaged with Buddhist practices through a secular lens; Ryan, formally a Roman Catholic, regularly engaged with Buddhist meditation and mindfulness; writing A Mindful Nation in 2012^[20][21] and speaking about his practice regularly throughout his career, as well as encouraging his fellow Congressmembers to try meditation^[16] as well as securing federal funding for a meditation program for schools in his district.^[16] However, Ryan, similarly to Sanford, has stated he is still a Catholic.^[22]

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