From: Chris Koeritz Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 14:32:28 +0000 (-0400) Subject: new fortune. X-Git-Tag: 2.140.90~1274 X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f987d6afc7249e03dcec3e91c56e7335aeae2e1f;hp=12a76d9d3df28005273dca146feaac7b4b19b1b2;p=feisty_meow.git new fortune. --- diff --git a/database/fortunes.dat b/database/fortunes.dat index 79857632..1f00434f 100644 --- a/database/fortunes.dat +++ b/database/fortunes.dat @@ -38082,3 +38082,14 @@ religions are the same, there is no conflict. This is something we must emphasize. We must consider the question of religious diversity from this viewpoint. And when we do, we find no conflict. -- H.H. the Dalai Lama +~ +Emptiness vs. Non-Existence + +The doctrines of emptiness and selflessness do not imply the non-existence of +things. Things do exist. When we say that all phenomena are void of self- +existence, it does not mean that we are advocating non-existence, that we are +repudiating that things exist. Then what is it we are negating? We are +negating, or denying, that anything exists from its own side without depending +on other things. Hence, it is because things depend for their existence upon +other causes and conditions that they are said to lack independent self- +existence.