From: Chris Koeritz Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2017 07:24:22 +0000 (-0500) Subject: new fortune X-Git-Tag: 2.140.106^2~67 X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=36092af27026e70b0faf60a928f7061dcb89a51f;p=feisty_meow.git new fortune --- diff --git a/infobase/fortunes.dat b/infobase/fortunes.dat index 32f238a0..41f85f59 100644 --- a/infobase/fortunes.dat +++ b/infobase/fortunes.dat @@ -43050,4 +43050,32 @@ people to feel indebted to us. Shantideva says: -- Traleg Kyabgon, from "The Practice of Lojong: Cultivating Compassion through Training the Mind", published by Shambhala Publications +~ +Guru Rinpoche Padmasambhava says: + + If you want to go sightseeing, try touring your own clear, + mirrorlike mind instead. + + What technique can we use to effectively start our journey to realizing +our natural, pristine state? + The clearest instructions for doing this come from Guru Rinpoche +Padmasambhava, the main architect of the Pristine Mind teachings. Guru +Rinpoche has given us the essential opening instructions for practicing +Pristine Mind meditation in four steps: + + Don’t follow the past. + Don’t anticipate the future. + Remain in the present moment. + Leave your mind alone. + + We must understand these instructions. They are designed to help us stay +in the present moment. Some other forms of meditation teachings say that +remaining in the present moment is the ultimate objective of meditation. +However, the present moment itself is not ultimate reality, ultimate truth, or +the ultimate goal of Pristine Mind meditation. Nor is it what I mean when I +refer to our fundamental nature. Instead, being in the present moment, with +our mind calm and relaxed, simply creates the right conditions to begin to +connect with our Pristine Mind. + --Excerpted from "Our Pristine Mind: A Practical Guide to Unconditional + Happiness", by Orgyen Chowang, published by Shambhala Publications