X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=infobase%2Ffortunes.dat;h=332f2a27dcab4dc49cbe15c783d9a733bac8dd0d;hb=821fa68f7c1099be9365a30c2d5337f9bb6183bb;hp=0835fd80af02aaada05d14068196572c64d208fe;hpb=b1ea43260ff8e370020069caf35d24a30b01a53f;p=feisty_meow.git diff --git a/infobase/fortunes.dat b/infobase/fortunes.dat index 0835fd80..332f2a27 100644 --- a/infobase/fortunes.dat +++ b/infobase/fortunes.dat @@ -40127,3 +40127,13 @@ benefit if we use both fortunate and unfortunate circumstances to train the mind. -- Traleg Kyabgon, "The Practice of Lojong: Cultivating Compassion through Training the Mind", published by Shambhala Publications. +~ +O monks, you should focus on four things. What are these four? To focus on +the teachings and not focus on the individual; to focus on the meaning and not +focus on the words; to focus on timeless awareness and not focus on ordinary +consciousness; and to focus on the definitive meaning and not focus on the +meaning that guides. These four things are things to be realized; they are +not four kinds of spiritual individuals. + -- Jamgön Kongtrul, from "The Treasury of Knowledge: Book Seven and Book + Eight, Parts One and Two: Foundations of Buddhist Study and Practice", + published by Shambhala Publications.