{"id":1337,"date":"2009-02-25T22:08:17","date_gmt":"2009-02-25T14:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=1337"},"modified":"2009-02-26T00:00:47","modified_gmt":"2009-02-25T16:00:47","slug":"definition-middle-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2009\/02\/definition-middle-way\/","title":{"rendered":"What the Middle Way Is (Not)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1338\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/photo25-225x300.jpg?resize=225%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Middle Path is&#8230;<br \/>\nnot to sit on the fence, neutral,<br \/>\nnot to be ambivalent, uncertain,<br \/>\nnot to be apathetic, indifferent.<\/p>\n<p>The Middle Path is&#8230;<br \/>\nto not be extreme in sensual indulgence,*<br \/>\nto not be extreme in asceticism,*<br \/>\nto not be extreme in grasping any views.**<br \/>\n<em><br \/>\n* These are opposite physical extremes away from moderate living.<br \/>\n** These are mental extremes. Even attachment to right views is unskilful.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Middle Path is&#8230; not to sit on the fence, neutral, not to be ambivalent, uncertain, not to be apathetic,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[341],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-1337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photojournal","tag-middle-way","wpcat-341-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1337","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=1337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1337\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}