From: Chris Koeritz Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 17:45:21 +0000 (-0400) Subject: new fortune. X-Git-Tag: 2.140.90~1279 X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9a2138b7d029b166688565d13d160cfd5fdb3481;p=feisty_meow.git new fortune. --- diff --git a/database/fortunes.dat b/database/fortunes.dat index 7b6eb6a6..2fa3bf1c 100644 --- a/database/fortunes.dat +++ b/database/fortunes.dat @@ -38039,3 +38039,18 @@ strong generation of desire or hatred appears to you to be just senseless. Gradually, such a bias weakens, and you decide that one-sided classification of persons as friends and enemies has been a mistake. -- H.H. the Dalai Lama +~ + Generally speaking, even if money brings us happiness, it tends to be the +kind that money can buy: material things and sensory experiences. And these, +we discover, become a source of suffering themselves. As far as actual +possessions are concerned, we must admit that they often cause us more, not +less, difficulty in life. The car breaks down, we lose our money, our most +precious belongings are stolen, our house is damaged by fire. Or we worry +about these things happening. + The problem is not materialism as such. Rather it is the underlying +assumption that full satisfaction can arise from gratifying the senses alone. +Unlike animals whose quest for happiness is restricted to survival and to the +immediate gratification of sensory desires, we human beings have the capacity +to experience happiness at a deeper level, which, when achieved, can overwhelm +unhappy experiences. + -- H.H. the Dalai Lama