From: Chris Koeritz Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 19:08:52 +0000 (-0400) Subject: new fortune. X-Git-Tag: 2.140.90~1237 X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5c39851ab5400898d32d1ed01046532bf004e21e;p=feisty_meow.git new fortune. --- diff --git a/database/fortunes.dat b/database/fortunes.dat index 0b91e10a..17474052 100644 --- a/database/fortunes.dat +++ b/database/fortunes.dat @@ -38182,3 +38182,17 @@ the mind. Any practice that can give you more courage when you are undergoing a very difficult time and that can provide you with some kind of solace and calmness of mind is a true practice of the dharma. -- H.H. the Dalai Lama +~ +The environment where you are doing the meditation should be properly cleaned. +While cleaning, you should cultivate the motivation that since you are engaged +in the task of accumulating great stores of merit by inviting the hosts of +buddhas and bodhisattvas to this environment, it is important to have a clean +place. You should see that all external dirt and dust around you is basically +a manifestation of the faults and stains within your own mind. You should see +that the most important aim is to purge these stains and faults from within +your mind. Therefore, as you cleanse the environment, think that you are also +purifying your mind. Develop the very strong thought that by cleaning this +place you are inviting the hosts of buddhas and bodhisattvas who are the most +supreme merit field, and that you will subsequently engage in a path that will +enable you to purge your mind of the stains and delusions. + -- H.H. the Dalai Lama