{"id":892,"date":"2009-10-29T09:50:59","date_gmt":"2009-10-29T09:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/onecity\/2009\/10\/hip-hop-legend-rza-buddhism-shambhala-sun-blog.html"},"modified":"2009-10-29T09:50:59","modified_gmt":"2009-10-29T09:50:59","slug":"hip-hop-legend-rza-buddhism-shambhala-sun-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/onecity\/2009\/10\/hip-hop-legend-rza-buddhism-shambhala-sun-blog.html","title":{"rendered":"Hip Hop Legend The RZA Discusses Buddhism on Shambhala Sun Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"rza-hip-hop-buddhism.jpg\"<\/a><\/span>by Ethan Nichtern<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

From the “Never-Thought-I’d-See-The-Day” Department, Hip Hop<\/a> Legend and Wu Tang Clan<\/a> charter member, The RZA<\/a>, was interviewed about Buddhism<\/a>, Right Speech<\/a> and the Heart Sutra<\/a> for the Shambhala Sun<\/a> blog by my good friend Rod Meade Sperry. Check it out, it’s a beautiful thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Ethan Nichtern From the “Never-Thought-I’d-See-The-Day” Department, Hip Hop Legend and Wu Tang Clan charter member, The RZA, was interviewed about Buddhism, Right Speech and the Heart Sutra for the Shambhala Sun blog by my good friend Rod Meade Sperry. 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