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Oh the irony. \u00a0Technology truly has turned the world upside down. (I quit following the Buddha<\/a>, technologically at least, a few days ago)<\/div>\n
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And hey, maybe that\u2019s not so bad. Because, as we know,\u00a0Everything Bad is Good for You<\/a>\"\". I\u2019m sure there\u2019s something very Zen about this, but being more Tibeto-Theravadin inclined, I have no idea what it is!<\/p>\n

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Oh the irony. \u00a0Technology truly has turned the world upside down. (I quit following the Buddha, technologically at least, a few days ago) And hey, maybe that\u2019s not so bad. Because, as we know,\u00a0Everything Bad is Good for You. I\u2019m sure there\u2019s something very Zen about this, but being more Tibeto-Theravadin inclined, I have no […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nNow the Buddha is Following Me<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Oh the irony.  Technology truly has turned the world upside down. 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