{"product_id":"smokey-the-bear-sutra-hardcover","title":"Smokey the Bear Sutra - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn impassioned poem with Buddhist imagery and messages of environmentalism, social justice, and enlightenment.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePulitzer Prize-winning American poet Gary Snyder composed Smokey the Bear Sutra\" one spring night in 1969 at a Sierra Club conference. Smokey the Bear is not the U.S. Forest Service's Smokey Bear, the latter being a highly recognized advertising symbol protected by Federal law. Rather, the imagery of this Smokey comes from Buddhism; according to Snyder, \u003cem\u003eSmokey the Bear Sutra\u003c\/em\u003e is a dharma protector, modeled after Fugo, the Japanese patron of ascetics and yogis. The message of the Sutra is that we as beings are responsible to protect all other life down to the smallest forms-- do no harm, protect our collective selves, and honor the great impermanence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis short work is part of Applewood's American Roots series, tactile mementos of American passions by some of America's most famous writers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Applewood Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46583020814492,"sku":"9781429096348","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0712\/7616\/7324\/files\/9781429096348.jpg?v=1774470653","url":"https:\/\/bronzeandbrass.store\/products\/smokey-the-bear-sutra-hardcover","provider":"Bronze \u0026 Brass","version":"1.0","type":"link"}