When Bankei held his seclusion-weeks of meditation, pupils from many parts of Japan came to attend. During one of these gatherings a pupil was caught stealing. The matter was reported to Bankei with the request that the culprit be expelled. Bankei ignored the case.
Later the pupil was caught in a similar act, and again Bankei disregarded the matter. This angered the other pupils, who drew up a petition asking for the dismissal of the thief, stating that otherwise they would leave in a body.
When Bankei had read the petition he called everyone before him. “You are wise brothers,” he told them. “You know what is right and what is not right. You may go somewhere else to study if you wish, but this poor brother does not even know right from wrong. Who will teach him if I do not? I am going to keep him here even if all the rest of you leave.”
A torrent of tears cleansed the face of the brother who had stolen. All desire to steal had vanished.
“Often, there’s platinum, worth more than $1,000 an ounce, palladium, worth nearly as much, and rhodium, worth almost $5,000 per ounce. They react chemically with exhaust gases, breaking down compounds like carbon monoxide, nitrous oxides and small amounts of unburned fuel into less harmful substances.”
“As the custom and bootleg market has continued to grow within the sneaker scene, Nike has responded by protecting its brand and IP via lawsuits against prominent parties ranging from Warren Lotas and John Geiger to BAPE and Kool Kiy. While the three aforementioned cases have all been settled, a new lawsuit has surfaced — one against The Shoe Surgeon. The suit demands $60M USD in damages — which, it notes, are ‘the profits the defendant generated from counterfeiting, trebled, along with attorneys’ fees’ — relating to over 30 Nike trademarks.”
“I think A.I. is a poison to the creative process. I think it makes your work worse and makes you less interesting and less employable. And that’s what I think is worth talking about today.”
