{"id":7872,"date":"2010-11-08T23:37:26","date_gmt":"2010-11-08T15:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=7872"},"modified":"2012-04-27T01:56:45","modified_gmt":"2012-04-26T17:56:45","slug":"nirvana-is-no-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2010\/11\/nirvana-is-no-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Nirvana is No Shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"460\" height=\"316\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/UkgoSOSGrx4?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"460\" height=\"316\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/UkgoSOSGrx4?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>To my aghast, I once heard a monk<br \/>\nsay that the path of attaining Nirvana<br \/>\nis like pushing a button on\u00a0a box<br \/>\nwhich opens and extends a mechanical arm<br \/>\nwhich shuts the box.<\/p>\n<p>This is surely one of\u00a0the most unproductive, useless<br \/>\nand erroneous &#8216;definitions&#8217; of (Pari)Nirvana ever,<br \/>\nas if Nirvana is just a process of total shutting down,<br \/>\nas if it is the extinguishing of body and mind to nothingness<br \/>\ninstead of transcending their limitations, instead of just extinguishing spiritual defilements.<\/p>\n<p>Compassion and wisdom should spring<br \/>\nto greater heights and life,<br \/>\nto greater help all other beings who are not liberated.<br \/>\nThis is the Bodhisattva path,<br \/>\nthat even ancient Buddhas re-manifest to inspire.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Of Nirvana &amp; Samsara<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2010\/07\/of-nirvana-samsara\/\" target=\"_self\">https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2010\/07\/of-nirvana-samsara<\/a><br \/>\nDon&#8217;t Project Your Laziness<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2010\/05\/don%e2%80%99t-project-your-laziness\/\" target=\"_self\">https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2010\/05\/don%e2%80%99t-project-your-laziness<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To my aghast, I once heard a monk say that the path of attaining Nirvana is like pushing a button&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[223,121,57,212,58],"class_list":["post-7872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mix","tag-bodhisattva","tag-buddha","tag-compassion","tag-nirvana","tag-wisdom","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7872","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=7872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7872\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}