From: Chris Koeritz Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2016 03:39:56 +0000 (-0500) Subject: new fortune X-Git-Tag: 2.140.90~316 X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e56df94be6133ceda3ec0966cb64cec7782ebc68;p=feisty_meow.git new fortune --- diff --git a/infobase/fortunes.dat b/infobase/fortunes.dat index 2e58f906..0e2625d8 100644 --- a/infobase/fortunes.dat +++ b/infobase/fortunes.dat @@ -42466,3 +42466,37 @@ stuff. but it's way too much effort. basically, i can either give you a present or make you a card. which do you prefer?" -- thus spake slackathustra. +III. Path of Insight + +####The path of insight begins after the highest worldly dharma and consists +of calm abiding as a basis for special insight focused on the Four Noble +Truths. Four insights correspond to each of the Four Noble Truths, making a +total of sixteen—eight patient acceptances and eight cognitions: the patient +acceptance of the cognition of the dharma with respect to suffering, the +cognition of the dharma with respect to suffering, the patient acceptance of +the cognition that is the subsequent realization with respect to suffering, +the cognition that is the subsequent realization with respect to suffering, +and so forth. + +####Why is it called the path of insight? Because there, one realizes the +Four Noble Truths which were not seen before. At this stage there are seven +of the branches of enlightenment: + +the perfect mindfulness branch, + +the perfect discrimination branch, + +the perfect perseverance branch, + +the perfect joy branch, + +the perfect relaxation branch, + +the perfect absorption branch, and + +the perfect equanimity branch. + +##--#The Jewel Ornament of Liberation, by Gampopa, published by Shambhala +Publications + +