From: Chris Koeritz Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2016 22:29:16 +0000 (-0400) Subject: new fortune. X-Git-Tag: 2.140.90~536 X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=dd04b4008381923416ca1e27d957be25058ab234;p=feisty_meow.git new fortune. --- diff --git a/infobase/fortunes.dat b/infobase/fortunes.dat index ed0f8e00..216851b6 100644 --- a/infobase/fortunes.dat +++ b/infobase/fortunes.dat @@ -41456,4 +41456,14 @@ are simply this." -- Padmasambhava, "A Garland of Views: A Guide to View, Meditation, and Result in the Nine Vehicles", from Padmasambhava’s classic text with a commentary by Jamgön Mipham, published by Shambhala Publications +~ +The Hinayana counsels a life of discipline--not the onerous, punishing kind, +but the kind that can actually create a life of joy. Little slips are to be +avoided because they really seem to pile up. Rather than being seen as moral +wrongdoings, however, they are seen as obstacles and obscurations to true +wakefulness and as such are to be eschewed. To do so, tremendous precision is +required. I mean, take just one of the most basic precepts, common to every +religion under the sun: "don’t lie." If you can read to the end of this +paragraph without telling a lie, please alert the media. + -- Susan Piver, "Start Here Now", published by Shambhala Publications