{"id":9111,"date":"2011-05-09T16:59:19","date_gmt":"2011-05-09T08:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=9111"},"modified":"2011-05-09T16:59:19","modified_gmt":"2011-05-09T08:59:19","slug":"best-of-both-worlds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2011\/05\/best-of-both-worlds\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Of Both Worlds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9112\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/17.jpg?resize=149%2C136\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/17.jpg?w=235&amp;ssl=1 235w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/17.jpg?resize=96%2C88&amp;ssl=1 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 149px) 100vw, 149px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He is a Buddhist,<br \/>\nwho wants the best of both worlds,<br \/>\nas he struggles to be a worldly success,<br \/>\nwhile wanting to live by Buddhist principles too.<\/p>\n<p>But he isn&#8217;t trying hard enough<br \/>\nto be a better Buddhist.<br \/>\nas he craves more for worldly success,<br \/>\nthough he definitely doesn&#8217;t want to give up Buddhism.<\/p>\n<p>My advice was this &#8211;<br \/>\nYou can work towards the best of both worlds,<br \/>\nbut you should place spiritualism before materialism,<br \/>\nby becoming a better Buddhist, even as you seek your worldly way to success.<\/p>\n<p>Because the material attained without spiritual guidelines,<br \/>\nwill not be long-lived,<br \/>\nwhile distracting and harming oneself and others spiritually,<br \/>\nwhich makes one eventually more distant from success in both worlds.<\/p>\n<p>Because life is too short and unpredictable,<br \/>\nbecause the material can&#8217;t be brought over to the next life,<br \/>\nbecause the spiritual is more precious and enduring,<br \/>\nbecause it is that which leads to True Happiness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He is a Buddhist, who wants the best of both worlds, as he struggles to be a worldly success, while&#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":[428,521,551,258],"class_list":["post-9111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mix","tag-materialism","tag-spirituality","tag-success","tag-true-happiness","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9111","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=9111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9111\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}