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Sunday\u2019s sermon is about how I became a liberal Buddhist<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been rummaging around the web looking for this and that in support. And lo and behold, I found this cartoon.<\/p>\n

May not be belly laughs, but I thought it a rather more authentic example of Buddhist humor than \u201cWhat did the Buddhist say to the hot dog vendor?\u201d<\/p>\n

(For those who need a little help here, the abattoir<\/a> is where eventually we all find ourselves & it does tend to make Buddhists out of those who notice\u2026)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Sunday\u2019s sermon is about how I became a liberal Buddhist. I\u2019ve been rummaging around the web looking for this and that in support. And lo and behold, I found this cartoon. May not be belly laughs, but I thought it a rather more authentic example of Buddhist humor than \u201cWhat did the Buddhist say to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nLife is Suffering<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sunday's sermon is about how I became a liberal Buddhist.I've been rummaging around the web looking for this and that in support. 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