From: Chris Koeritz Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2015 22:05:22 +0000 (-0400) Subject: new fortune. X-Git-Tag: 2.140.90~625 X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=25bab1b41f71a5d94573d284ceb1753e0e8ed293;p=feisty_meow.git new fortune. --- diff --git a/infobase/fortunes.dat b/infobase/fortunes.dat index bb24da8c..be11d755 100644 --- a/infobase/fortunes.dat +++ b/infobase/fortunes.dat @@ -40973,4 +40973,18 @@ of all phenomena, are never lured by anything. They abide in the infinite display of enlightenment’s empty appearance without trying to catch anything or being able to be caught. -- Thinley Norbu, from "White Sail", published by Shambhala Publications +~ +When there is never any fear or despair no matter what adversity or suffering +is encountered, when difficulty is taken as an aid to mind training and you +always have the help of a joyful mind, then you have acquired proficiency in +mind training. When adverse conditions come, meditate joyfully and, in +addition, learn to take joyfully all the adversity others experience. + -- Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye, from "The Great Path of Awakening", published + by Shambhala Publications +~ +The origin of all science is in the desire to know causes; and the origin of +all false science and imposture is in the desire to accept false causes rather +than none; or, which is the same thing, in the unwillingness to acknowledge +our own ignorance. + -- William Hazlitt (1778–1830)