{"id":7642,"date":"2010-10-18T21:31:34","date_gmt":"2010-10-18T13:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=7642"},"modified":"2010-10-18T21:34:38","modified_gmt":"2010-10-18T13:34:38","slug":"seeing-all-as-lovable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2010\/10\/seeing-all-as-lovable\/","title":{"rendered":"Seeing All As Lovable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7643\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/128.jpg?resize=288%2C275\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/128.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/128.jpg?resize=96%2C92&amp;ssl=1 96w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/128.jpg?resize=300%2C287&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This graph is funny yet generally true!<br \/>\nPerhaps the Buddha already knew this,<br \/>\nwhich is why he specifically used the number of legs<br \/>\nof an animal\/insect to remind us<br \/>\nof how our loving-kindness (metta) should encompass all!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>May I have metta toward the footless [eg. snakes and worms]<br \/>\nAnd toward bipeds [eg. two-legged animals] too, my metta may I have<br \/>\nMay I have metta toward the quadrupeds [eg. four-legged animals]<br \/>\nAnd toward the many footed [eg. insects, prawns etc.] also, metta may I have.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The Buddha (Ahi Sutta)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related Article:<\/strong><br \/>\nTo Be Pests to Pests or Friends to Friends?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/TheDailyEnlightenment\/message\/566\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/TheDailyEnlightenment\/message\/566<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This graph is funny yet generally true! Perhaps the Buddha already knew this, which is why he specifically used the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[131,200,156],"class_list":["post-7642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-veganism","tag-animal-welfare","tag-loving-kindness","tag-veganism-vegetarianism","wpcat-74-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7642","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=7642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7642\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}