new fortune.

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@@ -39398,4 +39398,12 @@ search for essential substance of mind, cannot find it.  Therefore it is said
 that the essential substance of mind itself is emptiness.
   -- Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Rinpoche, "The Practice of Mahamudra", published
      by Shambhala Publications
-
+~
+  "Like a cloud." This is a simile for how the wisdom mind benefits sentient
+beings without conceptual thought.  For example, in the summer, clouds gather
+in the sky without effort, causing crops and so forth to grow perfectly
+through the rain falling on the ground without conceptual thought.
+  Likewise, the activities of the wisdom mind ripen the trainees' crop of
+virtue through the rainfall of Dharma without conceptual thought.
+  -- Gampopa, from "The Jewel Ornament of Liberation: The Wish-fulfilling Gem
+     of the Noble Teachings"