new fortune

diff --git a/infobase/fortunes.dat b/infobase/fortunes.dat
index caab2fce93ead02b53dda94f4b4f4e3689c176ba..07efb571ed28168d1a4123796686ec55d726aa0e 100644 (file)
--- a/infobase/fortunes.dat
+++ b/infobase/fortunes.dat
@@ -40646,3 +40646,15 @@ 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
+~
+    Every moment of our lives, things are both perishing and arising.  Some of
+our cells are dying while others are revitalized or reborn.  We get old, and
+at the same time we get young.  We get polluted physically, emotionally, and
+mentally, and simultaneously we get purified.  Things decrease and increase.
+We forget, learn, and remember many things.
+    The Heart Sutra claims that in the midst of phenomena where all things are
+changing, the reality of boundless interactions continues, and that this fact
+itself will not change.  After all, the ultimate reality both encompasses and
+is free of change in all manifestations.
+  -- Kazuaki Tanahashi, "The Heart Sutra: A Comprehensive Guide to the Classic
+     of Mahayana Buddhism", published by Shambhala Publications