new fortune.

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@@ -40856,3 +40856,20 @@ awareness.  We can accept that everything that arises is a result of our past
 actions, or karma, but it is not who we are.
   -- Dzigar Kongtrul, from "It’s Up to You", published by Shambhala
      Publications
+~
+As with attaining any goal, you can’t go about putting an end to suffering
+and arriving at enlightenment just any old way.  If we throw a stone up into
+the air, we should not be surprised if it falls on our head.  In the same way,
+when we commit any act, whatever it may be, we can only expect that sooner or
+later it will produce an effect.  Thus it is logical that if we want to free
+ourselves from suffering, we have to perform certain actions and refrain from
+certain others.  The law of the causality of actions is the very foundation of
+the teaching of the Buddha, who proclaimed:
+
+        Avoid the least harmful act,
+        Perfectly accomplish the good,
+        And master your mind.
+        That is the teaching of the Buddha.
+
+  -- Tenzin Wangmo, from "The Prince and the Zombie: Tibetan Tales of Karma",
+     with foreword by Matthieu Ricard, published by Shambhala Publications