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@@ -39042,3 +39042,35 @@ response might achieve.  It is up to us as individuals to do what we can,
 however little that may be.  Just because switching off the light on leaving
 the room seems inconsequential, it does not mean we shouldn't do it.
   -- His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, from "The Pocket Dalai Lama"
+~
+Basically we are trying to put a stop to frivolity of any kind.  Frivolity is
+an interesting word.  It can mean being crazy and indulging unnecessarily in a
+very crude fashion, but it could also mean indulging in something in the name
+of humor and overdoing it slightly.  If you are embarrassed to deal with a
+particular subject, you find another subject to discuss.  If you are tired of
+drinking vodka, you switch to sake.  If you are bored with talking to one
+person, you switch to somebody else.  Frivolity is anything that creates
+further confusion, or the longing for further confusion.  Confusion may seem
+luxurious: when you no longer have it, you begin to miss that confusion, and
+you would like to re-create it.  It is like going back to an adult bookshop
+and getting more magazines.  But with discipline, you control any form of
+potential escape from reality.
+  -- Chögyam Trungpa, from "The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma.
+     Volume Two: The Bodhisattva Path of Wisdom and Compassion"
+~
+  The essence of all the songs can be epitomized by the four dharmas of
+Gampopa.  These are: (1) one’s mind becomes dharmic; (2) that dharma
+practice becomes path; (3) in following that path, confusion is removed; (4)
+having removed confusion, everything dawns as wisdom.
+  The first dharma is the ground, where our mind becomes dharmic so that we
+and the dharma are no longer separate entities.  We develop true renunciation
+and have a sense of revulsion towards samsara.  The second dharma is the path.
+When our mind goes along with the dharma, the dharma becomes the path, and any
+obstacles, whether extreme or ordinary, become a part of our journey.  The
+third dharma is the fruition.  As the journey is taking place, the process of
+the journey liberates us from confusion and anxiety.  We are delighted by our
+journey and we feel it is good.  The fourth dharma is the total vision.  When
+we are able to overcome confusion and anxiety, even our anxiety is not
+regarded as anti-dharma or anti-path.  Cosmic wakefulness takes place.
+  -- Chögyam Trungpa's in the foreword to "The Rain of Wisdom: The Essence of
+     the Ocean of True Meaning"