{"id":8165,"date":"2010-12-07T11:32:24","date_gmt":"2010-12-07T03:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=8165"},"modified":"2010-12-06T23:45:12","modified_gmt":"2010-12-06T15:45:12","slug":"the-limitations-of-amulets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2010\/12\/the-limitations-of-amulets\/","title":{"rendered":"The Limitations of Amulets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8166\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/115.jpg?resize=135%2C135\" alt=\"\" width=\"135\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/115.jpg?w=225&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/115.jpg?resize=96%2C96&amp;ssl=1 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 135px) 100vw, 135px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Amulets might offer some protection &#8211;<br \/>\nbut they cannot protect anyone<br \/>\nfrom eventual death.<\/p>\n<p>Amulets might offer some blessings &#8211;<br \/>\nbut they cannot give anyone<br \/>\neternal deathlessness (liberation).<\/p>\n<p>The true Amulet to don on oneself is Dharma practice,<br \/>\nwhich creates boundless merits,<br \/>\nwhich leads to boundless wisdom.<\/p>\n<p>With the perfection of merits and wisdom,<br \/>\nthere is perfection of self-protection and blessings,<br \/>\nthe perfection of liberation.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #993300;\">(Physical &#8216;Buddhist&#8217; amulets are sometimes materially attached to,<br \/>\neven though they cannot ensure better rebirths or enlightenment.)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amulets might offer some protection &#8211; but they cannot protect anyone from eventual death. Amulets might offer some blessings &#8211;&#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":[487,65,320,255,106,58],"class_list":["post-8165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mix","tag-blessing","tag-death","tag-liberation","tag-merits","tag-rebirth","tag-wisdom","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8165","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=8165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8165\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}