From: Fred T. Hamster Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 06:15:10 +0000 (-0500) Subject: new fortunes. X-Git-Tag: 2.140.90~1186^2 X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=07b7382f215ebc9c73697447a651d5d9763c617c;p=feisty_meow.git new fortunes. --- diff --git a/database/fortunes.dat b/database/fortunes.dat index cc4b43df..0a1ca553 100644 --- a/database/fortunes.dat +++ b/database/fortunes.dat @@ -38357,17 +38357,38 @@ try to help each other and cultivate a feeling of affection for each other. That is the source of happiness in our life. -- H.H. the Dalai Lama ~ - It's important to differentiate a thought from an emotion. We say things -such as, "I feel like they don't accept me." Actually, that is a thought. -We may feel hurt or frustrated, and it's because we're thinking that others -don't accept us. How do we know they don't accept us? We don't. We -haven't asked them. Instead, on the basis of how they looked at us or a -comment they made, our mind constructs a story that we believe. - As soon as you hear yourself saying, "I feel like...," stop and recognize -that you can't "feel like" something. You are thinking. After you have -identified the thought, ask yourself, "Is that true? How do I know it's true? -What evidence do I have to prove the validity of that thought?" It's really -startling to see how often we assume our interpretation of a situation is true -when in fact it is based on flimsy evidence. - -- Thubten Chodron, from "Don't Believe Everything You Think: Living with - Wisdom and Compassion" +The fundamental teaching of the Buddha is that we should view others as being +more important than we are. Of course, you cannot completely ignore yourself. +But neither can you neglect the welfare of other people and other sentient +beings, particularly when there is a clash of interest between your own +welfare and the welfare of other people. At such a time you should consider +other people's welfare as more important than your own personal well-being. +Compare yourself to the rest of sentient beings. All other sentient beings +are countless, while you are just one person. Your suffering and happiness +may be very important, but it is just the suffering and happiness of one +individual, whereas the happiness and suffering of all other sentient beings +is immeasurable and countless. So, it is the way of the wise to sacrifice one +for the benefit of the majority and it is the way of the foolish to sacrifice +the majority on behalf of just one single individual. Even from the point of +view of your personal well-being, you must cultivate a compassionate +mind—that is that source of happiness in your life. + -- H.H. the Dalai Lama +~ + Attachment and love are similar in that both of them draw us to the other +person. But in fact, these two emotions are quite different. When we're +attached we're drawn to someone because he or she meets our needs. In +addition, there are lots of strings attached to our affection that we may or +may not realize are there. For example, I 'love' you because you make me feel +good. I 'love' you as long as you do things that I approve of. I 'love' you +because you're mine. You're my spouse or my child or my parent or my friend. +With attachment, we go up and down like a yo-yo, depending on how the other +person treats us. We obsess, "What do they think of me? Do they love me? +Have I offended them? How can I become what they want me to be so that they +love me even more?" It's not very peaceful, is it? We're definitely stirred +up. + On the other hand, the love we're generating on the Dharma path is +unconditional. We simply want other to have happiness and the causes of +happiness without any strings attached, without any expectations of what these +people will do for us or how good they'll make us feel. + -- Thubten Chodron, "Don't Believe Everything You Think: Living with Wisdom + and Compassion"