{"id":1249,"date":"2011-06-28T20:57:54","date_gmt":"2011-06-29T00:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/yearofsundays\/?p=1249"},"modified":"2011-06-28T20:57:55","modified_gmt":"2011-06-29T00:57:55","slug":"shhh-were-going-to-stop-by-the-world-buddhist-preaching-association","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/yearofsundays\/2011\/06\/shhh-were-going-to-stop-by-the-world-buddhist-preaching-association.html","title":{"rendered":"Shhh&#8230; We&#8217;re going to Stop By the World Buddhist Preaching Association"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1250\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/yearofsundays\/2011\/06\/shhh-were-going-to-stop-by-the-world-buddhist-preaching-association.html\/photo-81\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1250\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/235\/2011\/06\/photo-81-337x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"337\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Due to pressing commitments &#8212; a wedding, <a title=\"The Subterraneans\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/#!\/pages\/The-Subterraneans\/208218835883309\" target=\"_blank\">a music gig<\/a>, a poopstorm of other activities &#8212; we weren&#8217;t able to make it to church this last weekend. But never fear! We aren&#8217;t going to let you down this week, dear RSS feed reader. Tonight we&#8217;ll make up for our absence with a trip to the Portland Buddhist Temple, the local outpost of the World Buddhist Preaching Association. We browsed the lovely grounds the other day and came up with a few shots like you see above. A perfect setting for quiet meditation. Tonight we&#8217;ll go back to take advantage of their particular brand of silence. As a matter of fact, we&#8217;re headed out the door &#8212; just as soon as I can find my Corn Nuts and a bag of Werther&#8217;s Originals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to pressing commitments &#8212; a wedding, a music gig, a poopstorm of other activities &#8212; we weren&#8217;t able to make it to church this last weekend. But never fear! We aren&#8217;t going to let you down this week, dear RSS feed reader. 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