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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

[voice]

[syncingdoll]

I think I've heard that tale, once, from Jinan-sensei. It's a little sad, isn't it?

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[chainsawn]

And nobody thought badly of Buddha for not saving that man..?

[theresnosuchthing]

I don't know if I'd call it sad, but it makes you think, doesn't it? (￣个￣)

[theresnosuchthing]

Why would they? 「(°ヘ°)

[chainsawn]

He just let that person drop back into hell without doing anything to save him.

[syncingdoll]

That's what parables are meant for, after all!

Still, the story ends with a sigh. I suppose it's less sad, and more.. an 'oh well?'

[eats_all_the_food]

What the heck was that? You a monk or something?

[theresnosuchthing]

"...better luck next time"? 〈(゜。゜)

[theresnosuchthing]

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

[theresnosuchthing]

We all have the potential to be monks, if we want. ヾ(●ω●)ノ

[syncingdoll]

Exactly.

[theresnosuchthing]

Maybe he did! Who knows? ｡◕‿◕｡

[eats_all_the_food]

Yeah, it can't be hard sitting around all day and thinking about stuff that doesn't matter.

[theresnosuchthing]

There's no such thing as stuff that doesn't matter! Because somewhere, someone cares! (✿◠‿◠)

[eats_all_the_food]

Really, What about terrible stuff?

[theresnosuchthing]

Don't be silly! There's no such thing as terrible stuff. （＾ｖ＾）

[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?

[files_souls_like_taxes]

That is humanity at it's core. Senseless, and rather lacking in intelligence.

...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!
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