From: Chris Koeritz Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2016 20:36:01 +0000 (-0400) Subject: new fortune. X-Git-Tag: 2.140.90~530 X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7c145384326efbe60c5e05004ea2ea7b154a2722;p=feisty_meow.git new fortune. --- diff --git a/infobase/fortunes.dat b/infobase/fortunes.dat index a4eff73d..e1bdde3b 100644 --- a/infobase/fortunes.dat +++ b/infobase/fortunes.dat @@ -41490,4 +41490,15 @@ discover they all have a tale of woe to tell. -- "Atisha’s Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment", commentary by Geshe Sonam Rinchen, translated and edited by Ruth Sonam, published by Shambhala Publications +~ +The idea is that passion should be transmuted into compassion for yourself and +others. This is possible because passion without reference point, goal +orientation, or aggression is compassion. When passion is transmuted into +compassion, you do not abandon your existence, but you are able to be gentle +and nice. Since you are not substituting such behavior for your actual self, +you do not feel particularly lost or deprived of your capabilities. Beyond +that, you can expand to others as well. So you are full, but at the same +time, you are empty. + -- Chögyam Trungpa, "The Bodhisattva Path of Wisdom & Compassion", + published by Shambhala Publications.