From 404c21640d249d28d010f0bfcc4ce83a411b514e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Koeritz Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 12:41:33 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] new fortune. --- database/fortunes.dat | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/database/fortunes.dat b/database/fortunes.dat index 49fc9b89..2a8abc47 100644 --- a/database/fortunes.dat +++ b/database/fortunes.dat @@ -39600,3 +39600,16 @@ how much we habituate ourselves to the Dharma teachings. -- from "Opening the Treasure of the Profound: Teachings on the Songs of Jigten Sumgön and Milarepa", by Khenchen Konchog Gyaltshen Rinpoche, Shambhala Publications and Snow Lion Publications. +~ +What is true patience and how can we develop it? Patience is imperturbability +in the face of harm and hardship. Responding to these difficulties with anger +is extremely destructive because it creates unpleasant consequences and +destroys positive energy. There is no austere practice to equal the practice +of patience, which calms the turbulence of the disturbing emotions. It is +cultivated in meditation and implemented in everyday life. There are three +main kinds of patience: the patience of taking no account of those who inflict +harm, the patience of willingly accepting adversity and the patience of +gaining certainty with regard to the teachings. Their opposites are +animosity, discouragement and reluctance to engage with the teachings. + -- from "The Six Perfections: An Oral Teaching by Geshe Sonam Rinchen", + Shambhala Publications and Snow Lion Publications. -- 2.34.1