-- Linus Torvalds
~
i got nothin'.
+~
+ What is the Bodhisattva's Way of life? It is the way of life that follows
+naturally from having cultivated the awakening mind of bodhicitta.
+Omniscience is achieved only through the process of purifying the disturbing
+emotions within your mind. It cannot be achieved merely through wishes and
+prayers. We have to train in eliminating all the specific disturbing emotions
+within your mind. We have to train in eliminating all the specific disturbing
+emotions by relying on specific antidotes.
+ All the activities of a Bodhisattva can be included in two major categories:
+the practice of skillful means and the practice of wisdom. If the practices
+of giving, ethics, and so forth are to be perfected, they should be supported
+and influenced by the practice of wisdom. Without the practice of wisdom, the
+first five of the six perfections cannot actually become practices of
+perfection. In order to cultivate such wisdom, you must first cultivate the
+genuine unmistaken philosophical view that is known as the view of the Middle
+Way, or Madhyamika.
+ ...even when you have understood the wisdom realizing emptiness, that alone
+will not become a powerful antidote to ignorance if it is not supported by
+other practices such as giving, ethics, patience, and so forth. Mere
+understanding of selflessness is not sufficient to defeat the disturbing
+emotions.(p.76)
+ -- H.H. the Dalai Lama, "Stages of Meditation", root text by Kamalashila,
+ translated by Geshe Lobsang Jordhen, Losang Choephel Ganchenpa, and
+ Jeremy Russell, published by Snow Lion Publications
+~
+ The many tantras of both the Ancient and New traditions unanimously agree
+that these, and others, are the consequences of violating the pledges.
+
+ Means of Restoration
+ The proclaimers' vows, like a clay pot, once broken cannot be repaired;
+ The awakening mind commitments, like gold or silver, can be restored;
+ The tantric pledges, like a dented vessel, are restored by the
+ practitioner's strength.
+ --Jamgon Kongtrul
+
+ When is it possible to restore a vow that has been transgressed? All the
+tantras and transmissions state that if a monk has incurred a defeat with
+concealment, the transgressed vow, like a broken clay pot, cannot be repaired.
+An awakening mind commitment that has been transgressed is like a cracked gold
+or silver vase which can still be soldered by a blacksmith. A violated vow or
+pledge in this Secret Mantra system is likened to a dented golden vessel,
+which can be straightened out by the practitioner's own strength.
+ Pledges are restored through action, precious substances, earnest desire,
+contemplation, and reality.
+ The Great Cleansing can purify all transgressions.(p.296)
+ -- Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye, "Treasury of Knowledge--Book Five: Buddhist
+ Ethics", trans. by the Kalu Rinpoche Translation Group, under the
+ direction of Ven. Bokar Rinpoche, published by Snow Lion Publications
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