Canadian cops photographed meditating in a temple

A photo of a group of Canadian police officers meditating before the start of their day has gone viral.

Peel Regional Officers took some time to practice the art of mindfulness meditation in a class led by deputy abbot Bhante Saranapala at West End Buddhist Temple and Meditation Centre in Mississauga, reports the Huffington Post.

“They were very nice and they liked it and think it should be a part of their daily practice,” he said.

The picture was also posted to Reddit, where it has since been ‘upvoted’ almost 5,000 times. Most of the comments surrounding the photo are of people poking fun at their ‘Canadian-ness.’

“I bet they say ‘Eh’ instead of ‘Om,’” one user writes.

But even though it has sparked some jokes in good fun, Saranapala told the Huffington Post that he was happy to see them come out to the temple.

“I think generally people have negative impressions about the police officers, and seeing some police officers trying to do mindfulness meditation, being at the front row of a Buddhist temple, they think it’s very positive.”

Well, there’s not much else to say to that other then “namest-eh.”

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