{"id":799,"date":"2009-09-11T14:36:35","date_gmt":"2009-09-11T14:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/onecity\/2009\/09\/a-buddhist-9-11-commemoration.html"},"modified":"2009-09-11T14:36:35","modified_gmt":"2009-09-11T14:36:35","slug":"a-buddhist-9-11-commemoration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/onecity\/2009\/09\/a-buddhist-9-11-commemoration.html","title":{"rendered":"A Buddhist 9-11 commemoration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>If you&#8217;re in New York City tonight and would like to commemorate 9-11 in a Buddhist fashion,&nbsp;<span class=\"Apple-style-span\">Rev. T. Kenjitsu Nakagaki will be releasing paper lanterns off of Pier 40.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"9-1_floating_flyer.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/124\/import\/9-1_floating_flyer.jpg\" width=\"414\" height=\"544\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0 auto 20px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div>The Reuters FaithWorld blog <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reuters.com\/faithworld\/2009\/09\/08\/guestview-buddhist-peace-lanterns-on-hudson-to-mark-911\/\">has the story.<\/a> I&#8217;ve always found the paper lanterns to be a powerful gesture.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><i>Thanks to Evelyn for the heads up on this one<\/i><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re in New York City tonight and would like to commemorate 9-11 in a Buddhist fashion,&nbsp;Rev. T. Kenjitsu Nakagaki will be releasing paper lanterns off of Pier 40. 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