{"id":363,"date":"2008-12-26T16:00:24","date_gmt":"2008-12-26T16:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/onecity\/2008\/12\/merry-christmas-buddha.html"},"modified":"2008-12-26T16:00:24","modified_gmt":"2008-12-26T16:00:24","slug":"merry-christmas-buddha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/onecity\/2008\/12\/merry-christmas-buddha.html","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas, Buddha!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s a quick link to pocketsimon’s latest buddhamachine<\/a> — a special Christmas edition.\u00a0
\nI’ve never been one to meditate with far-out music playing in the background (unless you count all that\u00a0smoking-pot-while-staring-at-the-ceiling-listening-to-records I did in\u00a0college as meditation), but I do like to have the buddhamachine playing in the background while I do other stuff, sometimes. So: enjoy those holiday parties, drink lots of egg nog,\u00a0give this\u00a0site\u00a0a listen, and tell me\u00a0what you think.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s a quick link to pocketsimon’s latest buddhamachine — a special Christmas edition.\u00a0 I’ve never been one to meditate with far-out music playing in the background (unless you count all that\u00a0smoking-pot-while-staring-at-the-ceiling-listening-to-records I did in\u00a0college as meditation), but I do like to have the buddhamachine playing in the background while I do other stuff, sometimes. 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