{"id":7784,"date":"2010-11-01T22:31:09","date_gmt":"2010-11-01T14:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=7784"},"modified":"2010-11-01T22:31:09","modified_gmt":"2010-11-01T14:31:09","slug":"he-will-only-be-reborn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2010\/11\/he-will-only-be-reborn\/","title":{"rendered":"He Will Only Be Reborn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7785\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/12.jpg?resize=146%2C169\" alt=\"\" width=\"146\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/12.jpg?w=209&amp;ssl=1 209w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/12.jpg?resize=83%2C96&amp;ssl=1 83w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the movie &#8216;(Avatar): The Last Airbender&#8217;,<br \/>\none of the baddies shouts to his henchmen who capture him,<br \/>\n&#8216;Do not kill the avatar! He will only be reborn!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Avatar&#8217; is originally a Hindu term,<br \/>\nwhich refers to a god who re-manifests to help mankind.<br \/>\nNowadays, it&#8217;s also used to mean a form that anyone takes over.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7786\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/13.jpg?resize=133%2C136\" alt=\"\" width=\"133\" height=\"136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/13.jpg?w=222&amp;ssl=1 222w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/13.jpg?resize=94%2C96&amp;ssl=1 94w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 133px) 100vw, 133px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The line shouted above reminded me<br \/>\nof how the real Panchen Lama is supposedly kidnapped but still alive.<br \/>\nBecause he will only be reborn and thus escape if killed?<\/p>\n<p>But can true compassion and wisdom<br \/>\never be held hostage forever?<br \/>\nNo &#8211; because it is boundless, &#8216;unshacklable&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>(Both &#8216;avatars&#8217; above are\/were political prisoners.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the movie &#8216;(Avatar): The Last Airbender&#8217;, one of the baddies shouts to his henchmen who capture him, &#8216;Do not&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[268,26],"tags":[57,106,58],"class_list":["post-7784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-happenings","category-movies","tag-compassion","tag-rebirth","tag-wisdom","wpcat-268-id","wpcat-26-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7784","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\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7784\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}