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Escape (n.) from ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠dressing and eating every day, asked of Mu-chou, got the answer "We dress; we eat" — and if you don't understand, put on your clothes and eat your food.

Escape (n.) from ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠business and worldly competition is as natural and necessary as sleep, and the Japanese feel no guilt about it.

Escape (n.) from ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠society's contradictions mostly takes permitted forms: mass entertainment, religious fanaticism, chronic sexual titillation, alcoholism, war.

Escape (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠no answer: the shudders, horrors and depressions in which "the problem of life" appears must be explored down to their roots.

Escape (n.) from ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠daily life is answered in Zen with "We dress, we eat" — and if you don't understand, put on your clothes and eat your food.