From 24a856dd34586b9c4113e7c1927d22825c2429a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Koeritz Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:13:34 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] new fortune. --- database/fortunes.dat | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/database/fortunes.dat b/database/fortunes.dat index 2ce1e95d..e14f1b12 100644 --- a/database/fortunes.dat +++ b/database/fortunes.dat @@ -38421,3 +38421,13 @@ happiness without any strings attached, without any expectations of what these people will do for us or how good they'll make us feel. -- Thubten Chodron, "Don't Believe Everything You Think: Living with Wisdom and Compassion" +~ +Because we don't recognize our essential nature--we don't realize that +although appearances arise unceasingly, nothing is really there--we invest +with solidity and reality the seeming truth of self, other, and actions +between self and others. This intellectual obscuration gives rise to +attachment and aversion, followed by actions and reactions that create karma, +solidify into habit, and perpetuate the cycles of suffering. This entire +process needs to be purified. + -- Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche, from "In the Presence of Masters: Wisdom from 30 + Contemporary Tibetan Buddhist Teachers", edited by Reginald A. Ray. -- 2.34.1