From: Chris Koeritz Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:32:23 +0000 (-0500) Subject: new fortune X-Git-Tag: 2.140.90~1095 X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=723977423ba54bdd5b75bc2c25254fbaf8dd4e24;p=feisty_meow.git new fortune --- diff --git a/database/fortunes.dat b/database/fortunes.dat index 460be1c0..69a49171 100644 --- a/database/fortunes.dat +++ b/database/fortunes.dat @@ -38895,3 +38895,27 @@ voice he sang the verses of his testament, which include the following lines: This is the supreme empowerment of empowerments. -- from "Masters of Meditation and Miracles", by Tulku Thondup. +~ + The view of interdependence makes for a great openness of mind. In general, +instead of realizing that what we experience arises from a complicated network +of causes, we tend to attribute happiness or sadness, for example, to single, +individual sources. But if this were so, as soon as we came into contact with +what we consider to be good, we would be automatically happy, and conversely, +in the case of bad things, invariably sad. The causes of joy and sorrow would +be easy to identify and target. It would all be very simple, and there would +be good reason for our anger and attachment. When, on the other hand, we +consider that everything we experience results from a complex interplay of +causes and conditions, we find that there is no single thing to desire or +resent, and it is more difficult for the afflictions of attachment or anger to +arise. In this way, the view of interdependence makes our minds more relaxed +and open. + By training our minds and getting used to this view, we change our way of +seeing things, and as a result we gradually change our behavior and do less +harm to others. As it says in the sutras: + + Abandon evildoing; + Practice virtue well; + Subdue your mind: + This is the Buddha’s teaching. + + -- H.H. the Dalai Lama, from "For the Benefit of All Beings"