{"id":7937,"date":"2010-11-15T16:04:08","date_gmt":"2010-11-15T08:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=7937"},"modified":"2010-11-15T16:04:08","modified_gmt":"2010-11-15T08:04:08","slug":"are-labels-useless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2010\/11\/are-labels-useless\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Labels Useless?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7938\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/131.jpg?resize=106%2C171\" alt=\"\" width=\"106\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/131.jpg?w=177&amp;ssl=1 177w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/131.jpg?resize=60%2C96&amp;ssl=1 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 106px) 100vw, 106px\" \/><br \/>\nQ:<\/strong> It doesn\u2019t matter whether one calls oneself a Buddhist when one is practising the Buddha&#8217;s way. Often, we are too attached to a label and think our label is  better than another&#8217;s. We should continue to spread the good teachings of the truth, but we don\u2019t have to make comment on any other beliefs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A: <\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">It&#8217;s important to give due to the Buddha&#8217;s teachings at appropriate times, by sharing with others that what we practise (which they see to be beneficial) is what we learnt from Buddhism &#8211; so that others know where to learn what we practise &#8211; from Buddhism.<\/span> This is how we can lead those interested to benefit from Buddhism.<\/p>\n<p>Labels can be useful for communication, though we shouldn&#8217;t be too attached &#8211; which makes everything superficial. If there are no labels used at all, communication would be impossible. Comments on various religions are necessary to promote inter-religious dialogue and understanding. What matters is to not comment with animosity, but with good will.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: It doesn\u2019t matter whether one calls oneself a Buddhist when one is practising the Buddha&#8217;s way. Often, we are&#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":[125,299,111],"class_list":["post-7937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mix","tag-communication","tag-harmony","tag-perception","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7937","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=7937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7937\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}