From: Chris Koeritz Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 13:48:14 +0000 (-0500) Subject: Merge branch 'master' of feistymeow.org:feisty_meow X-Git-Tag: 2.140.90~1186 X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7a0ddaed245d371b427a0826ae19541090fa5058;p=feisty_meow.git Merge branch 'master' of feistymeow.org:feisty_meow Conflicts: database/fortunes.dat --- 7a0ddaed245d371b427a0826ae19541090fa5058 diff --cc database/fortunes.dat index c0f87cc7,0a1ca553..9397706e --- a/database/fortunes.dat +++ b/database/fortunes.dat @@@ -38357,31 -38357,38 +38357,69 @@@ try to help each other and cultivate a That is the source of happiness in our life. -- H.H. the Dalai Lama ~ ++<<<<<<< HEAD + It's important to differentiate a thought from an emotion. We say things +such as, "I feel like they don't accept me." Actually, that is a thought. +We may feel hurt or frustrated, and it's because we're thinking that others +don't accept us. How do we know they don't accept us? We don't. We +haven't asked them. Instead, on the basis of how they looked at us or a +comment they made, our mind constructs a story that we believe. + As soon as you hear yourself saying, "I feel like...," stop and recognize +that you can't "feel like" something. You are thinking. After you have +identified the thought, ask yourself, "Is that true? How do I know it's true? +What evidence do I have to prove the validity of that thought?" It's really +startling to see how often we assume our interpretation of a situation is true +when in fact it is based on flimsy evidence. + -- Thubten Chodron, from "Don't Believe Everything You Think: Living with + Wisdom and Compassion" +~ +We are all human beings, and from this point of view, we are the same. We all +want happiness and we do not want suffering. If we consider this point, we +will find that there are no differences between people of different faiths, +races, colors, or cultures. We all have this common wish for happiness. + -- H.H. the Dalai Lama +~ +Enlightenment is not anything new or something we create or bring into +existence. It is simply discovering within us what is already there. It is +the full realization of our intrinsic nature. In Tibetan, buddha is sang +gyay. Sang means that all of the faults have been cleared away, while gyay +means “full realization”; just as from darkness, the moon waxes, likewise +from ignorance, the qualities of the mind’s intrinsic nature emerge. + -- Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche ++======= + The fundamental teaching of the Buddha is that we should view others as being + more important than we are. Of course, you cannot completely ignore yourself. + But neither can you neglect the welfare of other people and other sentient + beings, particularly when there is a clash of interest between your own + welfare and the welfare of other people. At such a time you should consider + other people's welfare as more important than your own personal well-being. + Compare yourself to the rest of sentient beings. All other sentient beings + are countless, while you are just one person. Your suffering and happiness + may be very important, but it is just the suffering and happiness of one + individual, whereas the happiness and suffering of all other sentient beings + is immeasurable and countless. So, it is the way of the wise to sacrifice one + for the benefit of the majority and it is the way of the foolish to sacrifice + the majority on behalf of just one single individual. Even from the point of + view of your personal well-being, you must cultivate a compassionate + mind—that is that source of happiness in your life. + -- H.H. the Dalai Lama + ~ + Attachment and love are similar in that both of them draw us to the other + person. But in fact, these two emotions are quite different. When we're + attached we're drawn to someone because he or she meets our needs. In + addition, there are lots of strings attached to our affection that we may or + may not realize are there. For example, I 'love' you because you make me feel + good. I 'love' you as long as you do things that I approve of. I 'love' you + because you're mine. You're my spouse or my child or my parent or my friend. + With attachment, we go up and down like a yo-yo, depending on how the other + person treats us. We obsess, "What do they think of me? Do they love me? + Have I offended them? How can I become what they want me to be so that they + love me even more?" It's not very peaceful, is it? We're definitely stirred + up. + On the other hand, the love we're generating on the Dharma path is + unconditional. We simply want other to have happiness and the causes of + happiness without any strings attached, without any expectations of what these + people will do for us or how good they'll make us feel. + -- Thubten Chodron, "Don't Believe Everything You Think: Living with Wisdom + and Compassion" ++>>>>>>> 07b7382f215ebc9c73697447a651d5d9763c617c