From: Chris Koeritz Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2016 19:24:32 +0000 (-0500) Subject: new fortune. X-Git-Tag: 2.140.90~554 X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3d6dcb83e0278e7308250870fcd93af37014109a;p=feisty_meow.git new fortune. --- diff --git a/infobase/fortunes.dat b/infobase/fortunes.dat index c6da1820..e449c0ec 100644 --- a/infobase/fortunes.dat +++ b/infobase/fortunes.dat @@ -41361,3 +41361,17 @@ such intellectual logicians. Such intransigent stubborn “silly ones” who lack the eye of wisdom -- Sangyes Nyenpa, "Tilopa’s Mahamudra Upadesha", published by Shambhala Publications +~ + Ordinary beings—even those who are kind and compassionate—are +primarily motivated by self-interest and work mainly for their own benefit. +All of their activities and thoughts are tinged by self-serving motivations +and attitudes. Even when they perform acts of kindness, they generally do so +expecting praise or personal satisfaction and not because of pure altruism. + Bodhisattvas, however, are motivated by universal compassion, and they +seek the ultimate goal of buddhahood in order to be of service to others. +They embark on this path with the generation of the mind of awakening. Unlike +ordinary beings, who think of their own advantage, bodhisattvas consider how +best to benefit others. + -- John Powers, A Concise Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism, published by + Shambhala Publications +