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[theresnosuchthing]

Once upon a time, in heaven, Buddha sat down and looked into a pond.
And at the bottom of the pond, he saw hell and the damned.
There was a man, in hell, who only had a single good deed to his name.
Once, while walking in the woods, he chose not to kill a spider he was about to crush with his foot.
Buddha felt pity for the man, and threw down a single spider thread for him to climb out of hell.
The man began to climb, and was amazed to realize he might actually get out of hell that way.
But then he noticed others had started climbing up, too, and he feared the thread would snap.
He yelled at the others to get off, that it was his, and that was when thread did snap.
Down and down went the whole lot tumbling, back into the depths of hell.
And Buddha sighed and went on wandering.

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Comments

[theresnosuchthing]

Ah, but isn't the point of the story that everyone is responsible for their own salvation? ヾ(´･ ･｀｡)ノ”

[chainsawn]

Other people should help out.

It's unfair to let someone do something all by themselves. And lonely.

[theresnosuchthing]

To be fair, Buddha did help! o (◡‿◡✿)

[chainsawn]

But he stopped helping when the man needed it the most, right?

[theresnosuchthing]

I'm not really sure... (。ヘ°)

[chainsawn]

What do you think then that happened?

...and then she gets creepy...

[theresnosuchthing]

Mmm, I don't know! I'm not a Buddha yet...
Even though the nice spider tried to help me, too!
(╯︵╰,)

AHAHAHA, perfect.

[chainsawn]

A spider came to help you..?

.. Help you out of hell like in the story?

[theresnosuchthing]

She did help me, but not like in the story. Though there was an awful lot of webbing involved!
(◕‿◕✿)

[chainsawn]

Then what was it the spider helped you with? I met a spider before, but they didn't help me at all..

[theresnosuchthing]

She tried to help me attain Buddhahood! (●⌒∇⌒●)

[chainsawn]

I didn't know that spiders could make people into Buddha.

[theresnosuchthing]

They do! If they're big enough... or poisonous enough, I suppose. They're very helpful! (✿◠‿◠)

[chainsawn]

[ .. wait.. 'poisonous enough'.. ]

The spider tried to kill you? [ at least she seems less surprised through text. ]

[theresnosuchthing]

No, no, didn't I just say? She tried to help me reach Buddhahood!
I think I did, for a little while, too, but then I woke up back in my room.
Maybe next time it'll work!
｡◕‿◕｡

[chainsawn]

.. It's a little weird. I haven't heard of anyone reach Buddhahood like that before.

[theresnosuchthing]

It's a lesser known technique! ヽ(´ー`)ﾉ

[chainsawn]

Could someone like me try it too?

[theresnosuchthing]

I suppose! But you've got the be brave and thank the nice, kind spider for trying to help you. (◑‿◐)