X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=database%2Ffortunes.dat;h=2c6e739e975ac62e33be79678bed0ed0aadb290f;hb=984435bb214ffd450699a25e5746e8282e398f97;hp=f1b609d03c696f429cbc7ff63903dc0723a57a88;hpb=26cc4f3ade8271bd0941c587d4ac21219bac2542;p=feisty_meow.git diff --git a/database/fortunes.dat b/database/fortunes.dat index f1b609d0..2c6e739e 100644 --- a/database/fortunes.dat +++ b/database/fortunes.dat @@ -37448,3 +37448,87 @@ is also present when the clouds seem to cover every inch of the sky we can see.(p.22) -- H.H. the Dalai Lama, "How to Expand Love: Widening the Circle of Loving Relationships", translated and edited by Jeffrey Hopkins +~ + Usually the reason that we can't experience transcendent bliss is because +our consciousness is actually chained by the illusion called "I." It is +chained because this concept literally ties our consciousness to the prison of +duality, the prison of concepts and ideas. What most people experience is +that their consciousness is chained by that illusion. + But now and then there are people who find the so-called spiritual path. +This is another quite strange and sneaky way that ego can actually keep +binding our consciousness once again to another form of prison, the prison of +duality, the prison of concepts and ideas. Transcendent bliss comes from +breaking every chain. + Breaking all chains, losing every concept, every idea, sounds very +frightening to the ego's mind. But actually when we let go of every concept, +we land on this infinite ground of eternal bliss, and that bliss is not some +kind of religious or mystical experience, some altered state of consciousness. +That bliss is not the result of doing something to our consciousness, rather +it is the pure state of our consciousness.(p.74) + -- Anam Thubten, "The Magic of Awareness", edited by Sharon Roe, published + by Snow Lion Publications +~ + The all-base consciousness* works like a savings bank. Continuously money +is paid into the bank and continuously it is taken out again. In the same way +karmic imprints are absorbed by the all-base, are stored there, and can +therefore be brought forth again. + Learning, for example, occurs through the mind consciousness. The mind +consciousness itself vanishes. Nevertheless, on the next day we have a memory +of what we learned. At this time of remembrance, the mind consciousness of +what we learned is no longer actually present, since it has ceased to exist. +Yet, still we did not forget what we learned previously. What we learned was +seized by the all-base in the form of karmic imprints, and stored. Due to the +'all-base of complete ripening' these imprints can be re-awakened, so that the +mind consciousness perceives them afresh. This is why we learn things. It is +similar with strong mental afflictions. + ...The example of the savings bank is particularly effective, especially in +the context of karmic actions. Whoever puts money into the bank can get it +out again later, often including interest!(p.37) + +* The all-base consciousness is the general basis for the whole mind, all +aspects of the mind. + + -- Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, "Everyday Consciousness and Primordial + Awareness", translated and edited by Susanne Schefczyk, published by + Snow Lion Publications +~ + Q: How can Dzogchen help us in our daily jobs and careers? + + HHDL: In the first place, it is quite difficult to have an experience of +Dzogchen. But once you do have that experience, it can be extremely +beneficial in dealing with your day to day life, your job, and your career. +This is because that kind of experience will give you the ability to prevent +yourself from being overwhelmed by circumstances, good or bad. You will not +fall into extreme states of mind: you will not get over-excited or depressed. +Your attitude toward circumstances and events will be as if you were someone +observing the mind, without being drawn away by circumstances. + For example, when you see a reflection of a form in a mirror, the reflection +appears within the mirror but it is not projected from within. In the same +way, when you confront the situations of life, or deal with others, your +attitude too will be mirror-like. + Also, when a reflection appears in the mirror, the mirror does not have to +go after the object that is reflected: it simply reflects, spontaneously, on +the surface. The same with you: since there is no attachment or agitation at +having these 'reflections' in your mind, you will feel tremendous ease and +relief. You are not preoccupied by what arises in the mind, nor does it cause +you any distress. You are free from conceptuality or any form of +objectifying. And so it really does help you, in allowing you to be free from +being caught up in the play of emotions like hatred, attachment, and the like. +(p.162) + -- His Holiness the Dalai Lama, "Dzogchen: The Heart Essence of the Great + Perfection", translated by Thupten Jinpa and Richard Barron, foreword by + Sogyal Rinpoche, edited by Patrick Gaffney, published by Snow Lion Pub. +~ + The quality of one's rebirth in the next life is determined by the quality +of one's mental activity in this life. Generally speaking, we have no power +to choose how we are born; it is dependent on karmic forces. However, the +period near the time of death is very influential in terms of activating one +from among the many karmas that a person has already accumulated, and, +therefore, if one makes particular effort at generating a virtuous attitude at +that time, there is an opportunity to strengthen and activate a virtuous +karma. Moreover, when one has developed high realization and has gained +control over how one will be reborn, it is possible to take what is called +"reincarnation" rather than mere rebirth.(p.42) + -- H.H. the Dalai Lama of Tibet, Tenzin Gyatso, "The Dalai Lama at Harvard: + Lectures on the Buddhist Path to Peace", translated and edited by Jeffrey + Hopkins, published by Snow Lion Publications