{"id":1960,"date":"2007-03-01T15:12:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-01T15:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2007\/03\/is-britney-spears-a-buddha\/"},"modified":"2011-11-01T15:15:48","modified_gmt":"2011-11-01T19:15:48","slug":"is-britney-spears-a-buddha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2007\/03\/is-britney-spears-a-buddha.html","title":{"rendered":"Is Britney Spears a Buddha?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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As you may know the coolest Buddhist<\/a> website on the entire web must be Worst Horse<\/a>. (How would I know a cool Buddhist site, you might ask? Well, I consider that I do a minor proof of the existence of both karma and rebirth as in \u201cyou could only know of a cool Buddhist website due to good karma from a previous life as there\u2019s obviously no good reason for you to know a cool Buddhist website.\u201d)<\/p>\n

Anyway, despite all the reasons I shouldn\u2019t, I know this cool website & visit it frequently.<\/p>\n

And their diligent editor<\/a> has now observed how Britney\u2019s recent escapades might be proof of something very interesting\u2026<\/p>\n

Me, I\u2019m not so sure of Britney\u2019s having achieved to the great awakening, but I have found out she is an oracle! While I couldn\u2019t figure out how to \u201cembed\u201d the oracle here at the blog, it\u2019s easy enough to navigate to. Just click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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