{"id":19816,"date":"2026-10-26T09:58:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T00:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musangsa.org\/?p=19816"},"modified":"2026-10-26T09:59:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T00:59:37","slug":"good-bad-and-the-correct-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musangsa.org\/en\/good-bad-and-the-correct-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Good, Bad and the Correct Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19820 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/musangsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Buddh-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/musangsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Buddh-5.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/musangsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Buddh-5-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/musangsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Buddh-5-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/musangsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Buddh-5-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/musangsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Buddh-5-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/musangsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Buddh-5-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Zen Master Man Gong said, \u201cEverybody wants a good thing, but most people don\u2019t understand that when you get a good thing, you also get a bad thing. 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