From: Chris Koeritz Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 03:08:25 +0000 (-0500) Subject: new fortune. X-Git-Tag: 2.140.90~960 X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=aaeba0b3e4ba6c33ccb6d76c826f94cfed7131a5;p=feisty_meow.git new fortune. --- diff --git a/database/fortunes.dat b/database/fortunes.dat index bd6bc6fb..8fd1c4ac 100644 --- a/database/fortunes.dat +++ b/database/fortunes.dat @@ -39398,4 +39398,12 @@ search for essential substance of mind, cannot find it. Therefore it is said that the essential substance of mind itself is emptiness. -- Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Rinpoche, "The Practice of Mahamudra", published by Shambhala Publications - +~ + "Like a cloud." This is a simile for how the wisdom mind benefits sentient +beings without conceptual thought. For example, in the summer, clouds gather +in the sky without effort, causing crops and so forth to grow perfectly +through the rain falling on the ground without conceptual thought. + Likewise, the activities of the wisdom mind ripen the trainees' crop of +virtue through the rainfall of Dharma without conceptual thought. + -- Gampopa, from "The Jewel Ornament of Liberation: The Wish-fulfilling Gem + of the Noble Teachings"