“Everything that exists in the whole universe has the highest value" - Zen Teachings, Buddha
Buddha's measure or human’s measure
We live our lives in this world using the 'society's measure' and the 'humans' measure'. This is, in a sense, the 'measure of profit and loss'. Modern people seem to be living by this one "measure of gain and loss" at some point.
But, in fact, there is also other 'Buddha's measure'.
Buddha's measure is a measure without a scale. There is no scale, but because there is no scale, when measured by that instrument, everyone is the same. In other words, the smart kid is great, the not-so-studious kid is also great, both are the same.
Beautiful people are good, ugly people are great, hard-working people are ok, lazy people are ok. The rich and the poor are both good. Healthy people are good, sick people are good. Not only that, living people are good, dead people are good. That is the Buddha's Measure.
Thus, the Buddha's measure can be based on the 'value of existence'. Everything that exists has value. In contrast, the humans' measure is based on 'functional value'. The difference in value is based on whether the person is useful or not. And the scale of this measure is getting finer and finer.
The Buddha said in the Nirvana Sutra: 'All sentient beings have the potential to become Buddhas’.
Sentient beings are not just human beings. Even flies and cockroaches could have 'Buddha-nature'. This, 'that everything that exists has value', the Mahayana Buddhist scripture, the Lotus Sutra, by any means that 'everything in the whole universe is true'.
“Everything that exists in the whole universe has the highest value," says the Buddha.
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Fake baby birds.
For some reason there have been a lot of incorrect and even fake images of baby birds going around. Perhaps you saw the AI generated fake baby peacock? The baby crow is a real photo of a real young avian... but it's not a crow (Turns out this fluffy little one is a baby rail-- more info here at the "corvid research blog" which has been mad about this photo for like years. )
Over on the Fediverse (most call it 'Mastodon') there are a lot of people posting about science and nature. @
[email protected], Carl T. Bergstrom shared his photo of a (real) fledgling crow just a few hours out of the nest... just look:
What a little curmudgeon! Look at the too big beak and feet! The "so done with it" corvid gaze.
This bird looks like the kind of kid who spends all their time talking to whatever adults will listen about their obsession with traffic light timing. At first? It's kinda cute and a little annoying, but then it
gets really interesting because it turns out some of the light timing problems are related to graph theory---(this got way too specific... But you know the type right? Always calls you Mr. ___ or Mrs. ___ even if you tell them not to?)
If you love corvids you should follow Carl T. Bergstrom over on the Fediverse. Every day there's new drama with these guys.
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Crow crew were around in the early hours so I put the food in directly to soak for them, then later they were still around, so got a little more and back they came. There's still five of them!
(There's also one specific pigeon that loves the kibble, even more than seed, despite the size of it)
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Grott's always there to lend a helping claw.
"You gotta be more careful, little guy. You don't want another fall like that!"
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I just saw a picture of a baby crow
AND ITS THE MOST ADORBLE THING I'V EVER SEEEN AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHGHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Here's the photo found it on Google
Its either a crow or a chicken BUT
OmFG ITS ADORBLE LOOK AT THEM-
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*biiiig yawn* mm,, so what's the plan today Dadza?
-Baby Crow
Hm. Idk.
Maybe plant some things…. Do piping
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Baby Pride Crows
I made some baby crows who have gifts for pretty people
if you guys would like to see more, you could suggest a flag, or a different animal to hold a flag!
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