From: Chris Koeritz Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2015 20:36:04 +0000 (-0400) Subject: new fortune X-Git-Tag: 2.140.90~589 X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f09bdb7a37f7379ecf795706c32a8258895dbfe6;p=feisty_meow.git new fortune --- diff --git a/infobase/fortunes.dat b/infobase/fortunes.dat index 1eb547bb..afcbfb4f 100644 --- a/infobase/fortunes.dat +++ b/infobase/fortunes.dat @@ -41156,4 +41156,16 @@ nonterritoriality. Out of that comes vajrayana magic, which is that we are able to cut our thoughts abruptly and directly. On the spot! -- Chögyam Trungpa, in "The Tantric Path of Indestructible Wakefulness", published by Shambhala Publications +~ +When, in the Mahayana, one goes for refuge, one cultivates an unbearably +powerful compassion for beings, who have been one’s mothers in the past and +whose number is as boundless as the sky is vast. But it is not enough to feel +compassion for them; one must be determined and decide to liberate them from +their suffering. As long as one is not free oneself, however, one is +powerless to bring others to freedom. Consequently, in order to free oneself +and others from the perils of both samsaric existence and the peace of +nirvana, one takes refuge in the Three Jewels, according to the Mahayana, +until one gains enlightenment. + -- Kunzang Pelden, in "Nectar of Manjushri’s Speech", published by + Shambhala Publications