From: Chris Koeritz Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2016 17:12:32 +0000 (-0400) Subject: new fortunes X-Git-Tag: 2.140.90~499 X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=97c8068cbeeb43b84b1e8c7e3e85a40f176a0d8e;p=feisty_meow.git new fortunes --- diff --git a/infobase/fortunes.dat b/infobase/fortunes.dat index 6047cd36..5c4975f1 100644 --- a/infobase/fortunes.dat +++ b/infobase/fortunes.dat @@ -41773,4 +41773,29 @@ where many non-practitioners stay for their nightclub retreat to find pleasure; practitioners leave for their countryside retreat to find pleasure. - Thinley Norbu Rinpoche, from "A Brief Fantasy History of a Himalayan", published by Shambhala Publications +~ +As a blind man feels when he finds a pearl in a dustbin, so am I amazed by the +miracle of awakening rising in my consciousness. It is the nectar of +immortality that delivers us from death, the treasure that lifts us above +poverty into the wealth of giving to life, the tree that gives shade to us +when we roam about scorched by life, the bridge that takes us across the +stormy river of life, the cool moon of compassion that calms our mind when it +is agitated, the sun that dispels darkness, the butter made from the milk of +kindness by churning it with the dharma. It is a feast of joy to which all +are invited. + -- from "Teachings of the Buddha", written by Shantideva, edited by Jack + Kornfield, published by Shambhala Publications +~ +Even though we may actually recognize the nature of awareness, we should not +hold on to that mindfulness tightly, thinking, “I have indeed recognized it." +If we do hold on to it tightly, it will be like when a thread is twisted too +taut: one cannot sew with it, because it knots up. In the same way, if one +is too tense, one's mindfulness will be obscured. If mindfulness is not +grasped too tightly but left in the natural flow, sometimes it will be clear +and sometimes not. But we should not get caught up in whether it is clear or +not. If genuine mindfulness is left without being altered, gradually we will +come to know, through our own experience, “This is awareness, and this is +ignorance; this is mind, and this is wisdom.” + -- Dilgo Khyentse, from "Primordial Purity", published by Shambhala + Publications