From: Chris Koeritz Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 16:31:18 +0000 (-0500) Subject: new fortunes X-Git-Tag: 2.140.115^2~67 X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c260969162e29029f95e0089d7db770cbfa27b49;p=feisty_meow.git new fortunes --- diff --git a/infobase/fortunes.dat b/infobase/fortunes.dat index 2b932bfb..f9fda8d8 100644 --- a/infobase/fortunes.dat +++ b/infobase/fortunes.dat @@ -43720,4 +43720,29 @@ that have too long divided you from others. -- "All the Rage--Buddhist Wisdom on Anger and Acceptance", Edited by Andrea Miller and the Editors of the Shambhala Sun, published by Shambhala Publications +~ +Each and every being in this world, including animals and all other beings of +the six realms, wants to be happy. Nobody wants to suffer. Even through we +have no wisdom or clairvoyance, we can see that everyone in this world is +afflicted with disturbing emotions and delusion based on their karma—not only +we humans, but all beings in the six realms. Even a tiny little ant is +constantly afflicted by the five poisons, and it’s impossible for such a being +to generate bodhichitta, faith, devotion, or pure perception for an instant. +It can’t even conceive of a path to liberation or ultimate happiness. Due to +karma accumulated throughout beginningless lifetimes, all sentient beings +experience various kinds of sorrow and happiness. Yet this isn’t just random, +for all that we experience is the result of our past actions. +##--#Penor Rinpoche, from "An Ocean of Blessings: Heart Teachings of Drubwang + Penor Rinpoche", translated by Ani Jinba Palmo, published by Shambhala + Publications +~ + Dreaming is a dynamic process. Unlike the static images of film that we +use as a metaphor, the images of a dream are fluid: they move, beings talk, +sounds vibrate, sensation is vivid. The content of dream is formed by the +mind, but the basis of the vitality and animation of the dream is the prana. +The literal translation of the Tibetan word for prana, lung, is "wind," but +it is more descriptive to call it the vital wind force. + Prana is the foundational energy of all experience, of all life. + -- Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche and edited by Mark Dahlby, from "The Tibetan + Yogas of Dream and Sleep", published by Shambhala Publications