From: Chris Koeritz Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2014 20:06:10 +0000 (-0400) Subject: new fortune. X-Git-Tag: 2.140.90~800 X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ba28d2f288ebee1cb658c45443dea3cf9eeb95f5;p=feisty_meow.git new fortune. --- diff --git a/infobase/fortunes.dat b/infobase/fortunes.dat index fcab8c96..9c52496a 100644 --- a/infobase/fortunes.dat +++ b/infobase/fortunes.dat @@ -40065,7 +40065,7 @@ thoughts and emotions arise. They are all okay; they’re nothing special. When we understand what our thoughts and feelings are, and we experience them in this way, we are able to let them come and let them go. -- Ringu Tulku, from "Confusion Arises as Wisdom: Gampopa’s Heart Advice on - the Path of Mahamudra", published by Shambhala Publications. + the Path of Mahamudra", published by Shambhala Publications ~ The second quality of devotion is absence of arrogance. The arrogant approach is to be so passionately involved with our teacher that we become @@ -40088,4 +40088,17 @@ resumé, that is unacceptable. Devotion without arrogance demands that we stop clinging to our particular case history, that we relate to the teacher and to the world in a naked and direct way, without hiding behind credentials. -- Chögyam Trungpa, from "The Heart of the Buddha: Entering the Tibetan - Buddhist Path" + Buddhist Path", published by Shambhala Publications +~ +To study and to contemplate what one has learned is very important, but these +two can only progress if one engages in meditation practice. Thus, the +importance of each of these three—moral conduct, study, and +meditation—cannot be underestimated. If one practices these free of +attachment to this life, the benefits are enormous. But to pursue these while +seeking worldly attainments means one will not receive the benefits that would +be gained by a genuine spiritual practitioner. For this reason, it will be +best if you abandon any inauthentic approaches to ethical discipline, study, +and meditation. + -- Chogye Trichen Rinpoche, in "Parting from the Four Attachments: A + Commentary on Jetsun Drakpa Gyaltsen’s Song of Experience on Mind + Training and the View", published by Shambhala Publications