Michelle Boorstein and Elizabeth Tenety of The Washington Post report on members of the American Buddhist community’s reaction since realizing Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis attended a temple in Fort Worth. Buddhist ethicist Justin Whitaker wrote, “As Buddhism has spread in the West, it has put forth and maintained an image of being a peaceful religion. This is a myth.” Former Zen monk Clark Strand says, that Buddhism can appeal to “mentally unbalanced people seeking to right the ship of their lives.”