From: Chris Koeritz Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 20:08:46 +0000 (-0500) Subject: new fortune. X-Git-Tag: 2.140.90~722 X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ac69b24ef7eb527c9b03e0509446a69c8cb5dde5;p=feisty_meow.git new fortune. --- diff --git a/infobase/fortunes.dat b/infobase/fortunes.dat index 6b2d0c47..caab2fce 100644 --- a/infobase/fortunes.dat +++ b/infobase/fortunes.dat @@ -40631,3 +40631,18 @@ hatred, meditate on loving-kindness; for jealousy, joy; and so on. This is how you discard negative mental factors. -- Shechen Rabjam, from "The Great Medicine That Conquers Clinging to the Notion of Reality", published by Shambhala Publications +~ +During my first trip to France, we didn’t speak the same language, so we +often communicated with gestures. Sometimes I think it is better not to know +a language. Rather than talking, it is better to reserve energy through +silence. But most Westerners try to look intelligent through talking and +think silence is uncomfortable, so it is better to be talkative if you want to +spend time in the West. Of course, since human beings have dualistic tongue, +everything that is said is an impetuous expression of incurable, contagious +blurting. We who have ordinary limited qualities incessantly chatter, while +those with limitless wisdom qualities remain silent. It is like the +difference between the movement of shallow water and the stillness of the +deepest sea. Western people have many fine qualities, like the rapid waters +of mountain rivers, but they cannot put out the blazing fire of their mouth. + -- Thinley Norbu Rinpoche, "A Brief Fantasy History of a Himalayan", + published by Shambhala Publications