Washington D.C, USA -- Former
U.S. president and environmental activist Bill Clinton, raised a
Southern Baptist, has turned his spiritual focus to the religion of
Buddhism for the sake of his health and "hectic life," according to
reports.
"Ever since his heart scare, Bill has looked for ways to help him relax," a source told RadarOnline in an exclusive report.
"He
has a hectic life, he travels a lot on business as an ambassador for
the U.S. and needs something to keep him sane," the person presumably
close to Clinton added. "Meditation offers him that, he has a mantra
that he likes to chant and after every session he feels transformed and
full of positive energy."
"It's definitely doing him the world of good – he feels fitter and stronger than ever," the source concluded.
According to the Times of India, Clinton has even hired a Buddhist monk to aid him in his spiritual studies.
Clinton
reportedly has sought to improve himself both spiritually and
physically after surviving a wave of health scares, relating mostly to
his poor diet and weight, in the mid-2000s.
The former president
also has become an advocate for veganism after he underwent quadruple
bypass surgery in 2004 to unblock four clogged arteries. He also
received two stents, or mesh scaffolds, in a fifth artery in 2010 at the
New York Presbyterian Hospital.
"I essentially concluded that I
had played Russian roulette," Clinton told CNN's Sanjay Gupta regarding
his previous poor health in an Aug. 2011 interview.
"I was lucky I did not die of a heart attack," the 42nd president added.
Clinton's current diet consists primarily of fresh fruit and vegetables, although he reportedly occasionally eats fish.
The
former president, 65, currently travels the world speaking on the
importance of international diplomacy and environmental responsibility
through the Clinton Foundation, established with the stated mission to
"strengthen the capacity of people throughout the world to meet the
challenges of global interdependence."
Clinton was raised a Southern
Baptist, and many critics claim that he ebbed and flowed in his
religious beliefs throughout his terms as president.
"You know,
Bill Clinton knew the language. Bill Clinton could talk like a Southern
Baptist evangelist when he wanted to. But they hated what he was doing
with it, because they were in fundamental disagreement with him about so
many very important social issues," Richard Land, president of The
Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist
Convention, has told PBS Frontline.
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