new fortune.

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@@ -40631,3 +40631,18 @@ hatred, meditate on loving-kindness; for jealousy, joy; and so on.  This is
 how you discard negative mental factors.
   -- Shechen Rabjam, from "The Great Medicine That Conquers Clinging to the
      Notion of Reality", published by Shambhala Publications
+~
+During my first trip to France, we didn’t speak the same language, so we
+often communicated with gestures.  Sometimes I think it is better not to know
+a language.  Rather than talking, it is better to reserve energy through
+silence.  But most Westerners try to look intelligent through talking and
+think silence is uncomfortable, so it is better to be talkative if you want to
+spend time in the West.  Of course, since human beings have dualistic tongue,
+everything that is said is an impetuous expression of incurable, contagious
+blurting.  We who have ordinary limited qualities incessantly chatter, while
+those with limitless wisdom qualities remain silent.  It is like the
+difference between the movement of shallow water and the stillness of the
+deepest sea.  Western people have many fine qualities, like the rapid waters
+of mountain rivers, but they cannot put out the blazing fire of their mouth.
+  -- Thinley Norbu Rinpoche, "A Brief Fantasy History of a Himalayan",
+     published by Shambhala Publications