{"id":4345,"date":"2009-11-30T10:56:41","date_gmt":"2009-11-30T02:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=4345"},"modified":"2009-11-30T14:32:50","modified_gmt":"2009-11-30T06:32:50","slug":"have-you-learnt-the-dharma-long","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2009\/11\/have-you-learnt-the-dharma-long\/","title":{"rendered":"Have You Learnt the Dharma Long?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4346\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/143.jpg?resize=130%2C98\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"98\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/143.jpg?w=130&amp;ssl=1 130w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/143.jpg?resize=96%2C72&amp;ssl=1 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Part 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shi&#8217;an: To the temple please.<br \/>\nCabbie: Are you a Buddhist?<br \/>\nShi&#8217;an: Yes, are you one too?<br \/>\nCabbie: Yes. Have you been learning the Dharma long?<br \/>\nShi&#8217;an: I don&#8217;t know how long is considered long,<br \/>\nbut <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">as long as I&#8217;m not yet a Buddha, it&#8217;s not long enough!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Part 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cabbie: I think it&#8217;s hard to connect some people to the Dharma. There&#8217;s the need to \u968f\u7f18 (follow the conditions).<br \/>\nShi&#8217;an: <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">We can try to \u5236\u9020\u56e0\u7f18 (create causes and conditions) too. <\/span><br \/>\nFor example, when we practise mindfulness of Buddha (Amituofo) well,<br \/>\nwe are creating a solid karmic link with him,<br \/>\nso as to be able to reach his Pureland,<br \/>\nso as to train well as Bodhisattvas,<br \/>\nso as to be able to better connect with all beings to help them!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part 1: Shi&#8217;an: To the temple please. Cabbie: Are you a Buddhist? Shi&#8217;an: Yes, are you one too? Cabbie: Yes&#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":[139,41],"class_list":["post-4345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mix","tag-karma","tag-pure-land","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4345","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=4345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4345\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}