{"id":267,"date":"2006-04-18T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-04-18T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2006\/04\/brads-buddhist-body-art.html"},"modified":"2006-04-18T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-04-18T12:00:00","slug":"brads-buddhist-body-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2006\/04\/brads-buddhist-body-art.html","title":{"rendered":"Brad&#8217;s Buddhist Body Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/tout\/story\/BradPitt.jpg\" style=\"margin-right: 8px\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/>It seems that fatherhood has brought out a devotion in Brad Pitt that transcends just sharing the same faux-hawk haircut with his adopted son, Maddox Jolie-Pitt.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/film\/2006\/04\/17\/bradpitt\/\" target=\"_new\">Hello! 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Written in Sanskrit, &#8220;the body art, a prayer of protection for the little boy, matches five black columns that [Maddox&#8217;s mother, Angelina Jolie] has etched on her shoulders,&#8221; the magazine reports.<\/p>\n<p>Introduced to Buddhism while filming &#8220;Seven Years in Tibet,&#8221; Pitt was described as &#8220;not particularly spiritual&#8221; in a 1997 Time magazine cover story about the film and &#8220;America&#8217;s fascination with Buddhism.&#8221; In that same piece, he said that he&#8217;s &#8220;always paid attention to religion because I grew up in a religious background, but I\u2019ve never felt a part of any of them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps this box-office superstar is just like many parents who turn, or return, to spirituality and faith when the kids arrive.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;padding-bottom:0.25em\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems that fatherhood has brought out a devotion in Brad Pitt that transcends just sharing the same faux-hawk haircut with his adopted son, Maddox Jolie-Pitt. 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