From: Chris Koeritz Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 13:13:45 +0000 (-0500) Subject: new fortunes. X-Git-Tag: 2.140.90~1187 X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=92fff5e84e08657c0d3ab31ea4b0b7ee7bc2191c;p=feisty_meow.git new fortunes. --- diff --git a/database/fortunes.dat b/database/fortunes.dat index cc4b43df..c0f87cc7 100644 --- a/database/fortunes.dat +++ b/database/fortunes.dat @@ -38371,3 +38371,17 @@ 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