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@@ -38119,3 +38119,23 @@ parasamgate bodhi svaha.  Tadyatha means It is thus; gate gate means go, go;
 paragate means go beyond and transcend; parasamgate means go utterly beyond,
 go thoroughly beyond; and bodhi svaha means firmly rooted in enlightenment.
   -- H.H. the Dalai Lama
+~
+ENDURING SUCCESS
+  It is often seen that human beings can endure problems quite well, but
+cannot endure success.  When we are successful and have everything we desire,
+it can easily go to our heads.  There is a great danger of losing our common
+sense and becoming careless and arrogant.  As it is said, "Nothing corrupts a
+person more than power." Very powerful people sometimes become so proud that
+they no longer care about their actions or about the effect they have on
+others.  Losing any sense of right and wrong, they create severe problems for
+themselves and everyone else.
+  Even if we have all the success we could dream of—fame, wealth, and so
+on—we must understand that these things have no real substance.  Attachment
+does not come from having things, but from the way our mind reacts to them.
+It is fine to participate in good circumstances, provided we can see that they
+have no real essence.  They may come and they may go.  When seeing this, we
+will not become so attached.  Even if we lose our wealth we will not be badly
+affected, and while it is there we will enjoy it without being senseless and
+arrogant.
+  -- Ringu Tulku, from "Daring Steps: Traversing the Path of the Buddha",
+     edited and translated by Rosemarie Fuchs, page 92.