{"id":3647,"date":"2014-09-13T11:10:02","date_gmt":"2014-09-13T15:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/?post_type=ctc_event&#038;p=3647"},"modified":"2014-11-10T14:25:03","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T19:25:03","slug":"thanksgiving-the-buddhist-way","status":"publish","type":"ctc_event","link":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/events\/thanksgiving-the-buddhist-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving the Buddhist Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Turkey, Mashed Potatoes and Mindfulness<\/h4>\n<p>Some would say that of all of the American holidays, it is Thanksgiving that expresses the essence of the Shin Buddhist Way. How can Buddhists encounter the teachings of the Buddha in this holiday? What can we do during the preparation of and during the dinner to unfold the Buddha\u2019s teachings on gratitude, interconnectedness, and compassion? Includes meditation and prayer suggestions. Presented by Shin teacher Jinshu.<\/p>\n<p><em>Sliding scale suggested donation $10 &#8211; $20\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p>A short <strong>Introduction to Meditation Training<\/strong> session will be held before the gathering at 9:45 a.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turkey, Mashed Potatoes and Mindfulness Some would say that of all of the American holidays, it is Thanksgiving that expresses the essence of the Shin Buddhist Way. How can Buddhists encounter the teachings of the Buddha in this holiday? What can we do during the preparation of and during the dinner to unfold the Buddha\u2019s&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","ctc_event_category":[],"class_list":["post-3647","ctc_event","type-ctc_event","status-publish","hentry","ctfw-no-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event\/3647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ctc_event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3647"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event\/3647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3972,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event\/3647\/revisions\/3972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ctc_event_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event_category?post=3647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}