Smokey the Bear Sutra

Smokey the Bear Sutra
by Gary Snyder
Once in the Jurassic about 150 million years ago, the Great Sun
Buddha in this corner of the Infinite Void gave a discourse to all the
assembled elements and energies: to the standing beings, the walking
beings, the flying beings, and the sitting beings--even the grasses, to the
number of thirteen billion, each one born from a seed, assembled there:
a Discourse concerning Enlightenment on the planet Earth.
"In some future time, there will be a continent called America. It will
have great centers of power called such as Pyramid Lake, Walden Pond,
Mt. Rainier, Big Sur, Everglades, and so forth; and powerful nerves
and channels such as Columbia River, Mississippi River, and Grand
Canyon. The human race in that era will get into troubles all over its
head, and practically wreck everything in spite of its own strong
intelligent Buddha-nature."
"The twisting strata of the great mountains and the pulsings of
volcanoes are my love burning deep in the earth. My obstinate
compassion is schist and basalt and granite, to be mountains, to bring
down the rain. In that future American Era I shall enter a new form; to
cure the world of loveless knowledge that seeks with blind hunger: and
mindless rage eating food that will not fill it."
And he showed himself in his true form of
SMOKEY THE BEAR
A handsome smokey-colored brown bear standing on his hind legs,
showing that he is aroused and watchful.
Bearing in his right paw the Shovel that digs to the truth beneath
appearances; cuts the roots of useless attachments, and flings damp

sand on the fires of greed and war;
His left paw in the mudra of Comradely Display--indicating that all
creatures have the full right to live to their limits and that of deer,
rabbits, chipmunks, snakes, dandelions, and lizards all grow in the
realm of the Dharma;
Wearing the blue work overalls symbolic of slaves and laborers, the
countless men oppressed by a civilization that claims to save but often
destroys;
Wearing the broad-brimmed hat of the west, symbolic of the forces that
guard the wilderness, which is the Natural State of the Dharma and the
true path of man on Earth:
all true paths lead through mountains--
With a halo of smoke and flame behind, the forest fires of the kali-yuga,
fires caused by the stupidity of those who think things can be gained
and lost whereas in truth all is contained vast and free in the Blue Sky
and Green Earth of One Mind;
Round-bellied to show his kind nature and that the great earth has food
enough for everyone who loves her and trusts her;
Trampling underfoot wasteful freeways and needless suburbs,
smashing the worms of capitalism and totalitarianism;
Indicating the task: his followers, becoming free of cars, houses,
canned foods, universities, and shoes, master the Three Mysteries of
their own Body, Speech, and Mind; and fearlessly chop down the rotten
trees and prune out the sick limbs of this country America and then
burn the leftover trash.
Wrathful but calm. Austere but Comic. Smokey the Bear will
Illuminate those who would help him; but for those who would hinder
or slander him...

HE WILL PUT THEM OUT.
Thus his great Mantra:
Namah samanta vajranam chanda maharoshana Sphataya hum traka
ham mam
"I DEDICATE MYSELF TO THE UNIVERSAL DIAMOND BE
THIS RAGING FURY BE DESTROYED"
And he will protect those who love the woods and rivers, Gods and
animals, hobos and madmen, prisoners and sick people, musicians,
playful women, and hopeful children:
And if anyone is threatened by advertising, air pollution, television, or
the police, they should chant SMOKEY THE BEAR'S WAR SPELL:
DROWN THEIR BUTTS CRUSH THEIR BUTTS DROWN THEIR
BUTTS CRUSH THEIR BUTTS
And SMOKEY THE BEAR will surely appear to put the enemy out
with his vajra-shovel.
Now those who recite this Sutra and then try to put it in practice will
accumulate merit as countless as the sands of Arizona and Nevada.
Will help save the planet Earth from total oil slick.
Will enter the age of harmony of man and nature.
Will win the tender love and caresses of men, women, and beasts.
Will always have ripened blackberries to eat and a sunny spot under a
pine tree to sit at.
AND IN THE END WILL WIN HIGHEST PERFECT
ENLIGHTENMENT
...thus we have heard...

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