X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=infobase%2Ffortunes.dat;h=2f1a382b9cef3755b179caa479a8397fac411b86;hb=b680fceea25cdb931d96bff4a11551774705a0ba;hp=f2427a91b5adfe1205437bf4432995cee7eb3957;hpb=4199966900e7b0d79292cf5332f76ec031f0e066;p=feisty_meow.git diff --git a/infobase/fortunes.dat b/infobase/fortunes.dat index f2427a91..2f1a382b 100644 --- a/infobase/fortunes.dat +++ b/infobase/fortunes.dat @@ -40551,4 +40551,15 @@ time, you regret that your mind has become like this, and you then work to clear away those faults and establish good qualities. -- Tsong-kha-pa, from "The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment, Volume 1", published by Shambhala Publications +~ +We work hard to bring happiness and peace into our lives, but there is no way +to achieve real peace through material goods alone. Perhaps we can accomplish +a little artificial joy and happiness, but these don’t last long. Truly +substantial and lasting happiness and peace can be established only by +exercising our inner mind with the precious Dharma teachings. This is the +purpose of our meditation practice, and this is what Jigten Sumgön taught. +Mental afflictions and neuroses can be pacified only through the Dharma. +Dharma is the ultimate remedy for confusion. + -- Khenchen Konchog Gyaltshen, "Opening the Treasure of the Profound", + published by Shambhala Publications