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The Way of the Bear
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But… with bearbear, one is either a prefix or the other is a suffix…seems someone felt the need to qualify.
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From Bear to Bear there's no room for flare, nothing to add, and nothing to spare.
There's nothing to rectify with Bears completely unqualified; expectations should match effects.
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"When hungry, eat; when thirsty, drink: when tired, rest; when bored, daydream." - This is the Way of the Bear
[Original Quote]
Bankei's Miracle: (copied from Reddit)
Huihai Dazhu Huihai (d.788) was asked by a Vinaya master, "When one seeks to follow the Way, is there a particular manner in which he should behave?"
"There is," Dazhu said.
"Please tell me about it," the Vinaya master requested.
"When one is hungry, one eats; when one is tired, one sleeps."
"But everyone does that," the Vinaya master complained. "Your behavior isn't different from that of commoners."
"They're not the same at all," Dazhu said.
"In what way are they different?"
"When most people eat, they don't just eat; their mind are preoccupied with a thousand different fantasies. When they sleep, they don't just sleep; their minds are filled with any number of idle thoughts."
[Original Quote]
Bankei's Miracle: (copied from Reddit)
Huihai Dazhu Huihai (d.788) was asked by a Vinaya master, "When one seeks to follow the Way, is there a particular manner in which he should behave?"
"There is," Dazhu said.
"Please tell me about it," the Vinaya master requested.
"When one is hungry, one eats; when one is tired, one sleeps."
"But everyone does that," the Vinaya master complained. "Your behavior isn't different from that of commoners."
"They're not the same at all," Dazhu said.
"In what way are they different?"
"When most people eat, they don't just eat; their mind are preoccupied with a thousand different fantasies. When they sleep, they don't just sleep; their minds are filled with any number of idle thoughts."
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"The void itself is no great revelation or place of contemplation; it is meaningless and fruitless. In fact, it's no better than a deep dreamless sleep without anything remarkable at all--There is no experience. What you take away is one of the greatest revelations of awakening: in the void, even you do not exist." - The Way of the Bear: Friuitless Endeavors
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"Life isn't fair, there is no equity nor is it even possible. Just as there is no equity, there is no justice in life. Only in death is there equity, only death has equal opportunity and equal outcome, only death is fair and just. Until someone cheats death, you can rely on fairness and justice at least once." - This is the way of the Bear.
"Death is the fairest thing in the world. No one's ever gotten out of it. The earth takes everyone - the kind, the cruel, the sinners. Aside from that, there's no fairness on earth."
- Svetlana Aleksievich, Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
"Death is the fairest thing in the world. No one's ever gotten out of it. The earth takes everyone - the kind, the cruel, the sinners. Aside from that, there's no fairness on earth."
- Svetlana Aleksievich, Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster