From: Chris Koeritz Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 16:24:42 +0000 (-0400) Subject: new fortune. X-Git-Tag: 2.140.90~895 X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=da24b3b732beea7ba06664aa182daf20168e8cb1;p=feisty_meow.git new fortune. --- diff --git a/database/fortunes.dat b/database/fortunes.dat index 2a8abc47..fa6ec25e 100644 --- a/database/fortunes.dat +++ b/database/fortunes.dat @@ -39613,3 +39613,16 @@ gaining certainty with regard to the teachings. Their opposites are animosity, discouragement and reluctance to engage with the teachings. -- from "The Six Perfections: An Oral Teaching by Geshe Sonam Rinchen", Shambhala Publications and Snow Lion Publications. +~ +Bodhichitta can be understood as a quality of intention, sometimes called a +“great will.” This great will does not come from the ego; it is +paradoxically an intention that arises through the surrender of the ego. As +the ego lets go of its assumption that it has a real understanding of what is +needed in the path of awakening, it surrenders to a deeper quality of will and +wisdom. The shift from the ego’s center of will to the intention of our +buddha nature to awaken us for the welfare of others aligns us with a source +of will far beyond our limited sense of self. I have often described this +will as a river of intention, which once stepped into becomes an undercurrent +in all we do in our life. + -- Rob Preece, "Preparing for Tantra: Creating the Psychological Ground for + Practice", published by Shambhala and Snow Lion Publications.