new fortune

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@@ -43050,4 +43050,32 @@ people to feel indebted to us.  Shantideva says:
 
   -- Traleg Kyabgon, from "The Practice of Lojong: Cultivating Compassion
      through Training the Mind", published by Shambhala Publications
+~
+Guru Rinpoche Padmasambhava says:
+
+        If you want to go sightseeing, try touring your own clear,
+        mirrorlike mind instead.
+
+    What technique can we use to effectively start our journey to realizing
+our natural, pristine state?
+    The clearest instructions for doing this come from Guru Rinpoche
+Padmasambhava, the main architect of the Pristine Mind teachings.  Guru
+Rinpoche has given us the essential opening instructions for practicing
+Pristine Mind meditation in four steps:
+
+         Don’t follow the past.
+         Don’t anticipate the future.
+         Remain in the present moment.
+         Leave your mind alone.
+
+    We must understand these instructions.  They are designed to help us stay
+in the present moment.  Some other forms of meditation teachings say that
+remaining in the present moment is the ultimate objective of meditation.
+However, the present moment itself is not ultimate reality, ultimate truth, or
+the ultimate goal of Pristine Mind meditation.  Nor is it what I mean when I
+refer to our fundamental nature.  Instead, being in the present moment, with
+our mind calm and relaxed, simply creates the right conditions to begin to
+connect with our Pristine Mind.
+  --Excerpted from "Our Pristine Mind: A Practical Guide to Unconditional
+    Happiness", by Orgyen Chowang, published by Shambhala Publications