From: Chris Koeritz Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 21:29:54 +0000 (-0500) Subject: new fortune. X-Git-Tag: 2.140.90~891 X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9babba5ec0510380a49b39ae8ca253a688090e09;p=feisty_meow.git new fortune. --- diff --git a/database/fortunes.dat b/database/fortunes.dat index 5ff3d95e..32f17afe 100644 --- a/database/fortunes.dat +++ b/database/fortunes.dat @@ -39651,3 +39651,14 @@ change it. But don’t break it. Don’t break what our predecessors spent over two centuries building. That's not being faithful to what this country is about. -- Barack Obama, after the US government shutdown of 2013 had ended. +~ +When the teachings say we need to reduce our fascination with the things of +this life, it does not mean that we should abandon them completely. It means +avoiding the natural tendency to go from elation to depression in reaction to +life’s ups and downs, jumping for joy when you have some success, or wanting +to jump out the window if you do not get what you want. Being less concerned +about the affairs of this life means assuming its ups and downs with a broad +and stable mind. + -- His Holiness the Dalai Lama, in "On the Path to Enlightenment: Heart + Advice from the Great Tibetan Masters", from Shambhala Publications and + Snow Lion Publications.