{"id":11484,"date":"2012-04-20T02:32:40","date_gmt":"2012-04-19T18:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=11484"},"modified":"2012-04-20T02:32:40","modified_gmt":"2012-04-19T18:32:40","slug":"of-bodhicitta-pure-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2012\/04\/of-bodhicitta-pure-land\/","title":{"rendered":"Of Bodhicitta &#038; Pure Land"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11485\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/112.jpg?resize=168%2C168\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/112.jpg?w=168&amp;ssl=1 168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/112.jpg?resize=96%2C96&amp;ssl=1 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>L:<\/strong> Hi, you mentioned a few times that you had some doubts and questions about life some time ago, and you found the answers in the Buddhist teachings.\u00a0May I know what were the questions and answers?<\/p>\n<p><strong>S:\u00a0<\/strong>Woah&#8230; very broad question. Some questions I had were along this line, &#8216;What&#8217;s the best purpose of life, if there is any purpose at all?&#8217; The answers are as shared in Project Rebirth: <a href=\"http:\/\/thedailyenlightenment.com\/2011\/12\/course-project-rebirth-rediscover-reflect-recharge-round-4\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/thedailyenlightenment.<wbr>com\/2011\/12\/course-project-<\/wbr><wbr>rebirth-rediscover-reflect-<\/wbr><wbr>recharge-round-4<\/wbr><\/a>\u00a0&#8211; True Happiness. There are more questions&#8230; and some were useless questions, which were nevertheless resolved when I came across the Buddha&#8217;s teaching on the wisdom of asking only meaningful questions!<\/p>\n<p><strong>L:<\/strong> I&#8217;m sure it&#8217;s not easy to answer this question&#8230; But if there is one of the Buddha&#8217;s teachings that had transformed you and made you who and where you are today, what would that be?<\/p>\n<p><strong>S:\u00a0<\/strong>It would be Bodhicitta: <a href=\"http:\/\/thedailyenlightenment.com\/2011\/11\/course-the-bodhicitta-factor\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/thedailyenlightenment.<wbr>com\/2011\/11\/course-the-<\/wbr><wbr>bodhicitta-factor<\/wbr><\/a> &#8211; the aspiration to guide all, along with oneself to Buddhahood, as based on what I shared in the &#8216;Second Best Story&#8217; shared in Project Rebirth. This would be linked to the precious Pure Land teachings: <a href=\"http:\/\/thedailyenlightenment.com\/2012\/01\/course-understanding-amituofo-via-the-amitabha-sutra-9th-run\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/thedailyenlightenment.<wbr>com\/2012\/01\/course-<\/wbr><wbr>understanding-amituofo-via-<\/wbr><wbr>the-amitabha-sutra-9th-run<\/wbr><\/a> which makes fulfilment of Bodhicitta much less daunting and much more possible. (The second course is what I call my &#8216;main dish&#8217;, my key Dharma course offering!) Amituofo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>L: Hi, you mentioned a few times that you had some doubts and questions about life some time ago, and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[43,41],"class_list":["post-11484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mix","tag-bodhicitta","tag-pure-land","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11484\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}