new fortune

diff --git a/infobase/fortunes.dat b/infobase/fortunes.dat
index c4f4ac8e8c1a61ef8e55e2e8c83d9418b8ed5780..7d9a6fed195bfaa7f301a662ffe7e0424e582877 100644 (file)
--- a/infobase/fortunes.dat
+++ b/infobase/fortunes.dat
@@ -40948,4 +40948,16 @@ individual, self-knowing wakefulness.  I salute this mother of the buddhas of
 the three times.
   -- Shantarakshita, in praise of Prajnaparamita, from "Jewels of
      Enlightenment", by Erik Pema Kunsang, published by Shambhala Publications
-
+~
+To rejoice in others’ happiness without any preferences of our own shows
+that we understand that the longing for happiness is the same for all beings.
+We can rejoice in their temporal happiness, which has come from their
+accumulation of merit.  When we recognize the quality of happiness in
+others—when we see someone genuinely smile or laugh or see a glimmer of
+brightness in their eyes—we can rejoice.  When they obtain something they
+want or need, whatever it may be, we have an opportunity to practice
+rejoicing.  Beings long for all kinds of things, some of which we might not
+want ourselves—but that doesn’t matter.  The important thing is that, if
+only for a single moment, it has brought them some happiness.
+  -- Dzigar Kongtrul, from "Light Comes Through", published by Shambhala
+     Publications