From: Chris Koeritz Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 19:36:27 +0000 (-0400) Subject: new fortune. X-Git-Tag: 2.140.90~969 X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5c64fed4da502a3215826604d7e8a6b3e6b91e2b;p=feisty_meow.git new fortune. --- diff --git a/database/fortunes.dat b/database/fortunes.dat index a511bef1..9cc935b3 100644 --- a/database/fortunes.dat +++ b/database/fortunes.dat @@ -39367,3 +39367,14 @@ that is the result of authentic personal experience; and for this experience to find expression, an authentic guru. -- Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse, "Not for Happiness: A Guide to the So-Called Preliminary Practices", Shambhala Publications +~ +With regard to selflessness, it is necessary to know what "self" is--to +identify the self that does not exist. Then one can understand its opposite, +selflessness. Selflessness is not a case of something that existed in the +past becoming non-existent; rather, this sort of "self" is something that +never did exist. What is needed is to identify as non-existent something that +always was nonexistent, for due to not having made such identification, we are +drawn into the afflictive emotions of desire and hatred as well as all the +problems these bring. + -- H.H. the Dalai Lama, from "Kindness, Clarity, and Insight", Shambhala + Publications