As well as teaching Buddhism and Sanskrit, Hayes is himself a Buddhist and a Quaker. In a brief blog bio he says he was "Initiated as a dharmachari with the name Dayāmati into the Triratna Buddhist Order on January 26, 2000. I am also a member of Albuquerque Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)."Dayamati. New City of Friends. http://dayamati.blogspot.co.uk/ Hayes is a noted essayist (Land of No Buddha) and blogger (New City of Friends, Out of a Living Silence https://dayamati.blog) of considerable wit and clarity. He has expressed vehement political opinions, and been critical in particular of Republican politicians. His website "Inquiring Buddhist" is at http://dayamati.org.
