new fortune.

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@@ -38960,3 +38960,20 @@ The Four Seals in Buddhism are:
   (mya ngan las 'das ba zhi ba)
 
   --from "Meditation on Emptiness" (London: Wisdom, 1983), by Jeffrey Hopkins
+~
+  When you pass away, nothing will do you any good except for the pure Dharma.
+You will not simply disappear when you die.  Rather, what happens next will be
+dictated by your previous actions.
+  For these reasons, you should exert yourself by whatever means necessary to
+free yourself from samsara, which is nothing but a vast ocean of suffering!
+Practice your teacher’s guidance concerning what to do and what to give up
+to the letter, without falling under the influence of immature friends or bad
+influences.  To the best of your ability, incorporate this genuine teaching on
+the certainty of death into each and every day.
+  Keeping all this in mind, arouse faith in the Three Jewels so that you will
+be able to practice in this manner, thinking to yourself, “Think of me,
+Three Jewels!” At the same time, be sure to generate an intense sense of
+renunciation and subdue your mind stream.
+  -- from "Entrance to the Great Perfection: A Guide to the Dzogchen
+     Preliminary Practices", edited and translated by Cortland Dahl
+