From 41229b1bb8b8749dca7cd19d71481552d0c6a811 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Koeritz Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 16:23:43 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] new fortunes. --- database/fortunes.dat | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) diff --git a/database/fortunes.dat b/database/fortunes.dat index d1a0220b..1dcd5fa1 100644 --- a/database/fortunes.dat +++ b/database/fortunes.dat @@ -37491,3 +37491,31 @@ aspects of the mind. -- Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, "Everyday Consciousness and Primordial Awareness", translated and edited by Susanne Schefczyk, published by Snow Lion Publications +~ + Q: How can Dzogchen help us in our daily jobs and careers? + + HHDL: In the first place, it is quite difficult to have an experience of +Dzogchen. But once you do have that experience, it can be extremely +beneficial in dealing with your day to day life, your job, and your career. +This is because that kind of experience will give you the ability to prevent +yourself from being overwhelmed by circumstances, good or bad. You will not +fall into extreme states of mind: you will not get over-excited or depressed. +Your attitude toward circumstances and events will be as if you were someone +observing the mind, without being drawn away by circumstances. + For example, when you see a reflection of a form in a mirror, the reflection +appears within the mirror but it is not projected from within. In the same +way, when you confront the situations of life, or deal with others, your +attitude too will be mirror-like. + Also, when a reflection appears in the mirror, the mirror does not have to +go after the object that is reflected: it simply reflects, spontaneously, on +the surface. The same with you: since there is no attachment or agitation at +having these 'reflections' in your mind, you will feel tremendous ease and +relief. You are not preoccupied by what arises in the mind, nor does it cause +you any distress. You are free from conceptuality or any form of +objectifying. And so it really does help you, in allowing you to be free from +being caught up in the play of emotions like hatred, attachment, and the like. +(p.162) + + -- His Holiness the Dalai Lama, "Dzogchen: The Heart Essence of the Great + Perfection", translated by Thupten Jinpa and Richard Barron, foreword by + Sogyal Rinpoche, edited by Patrick Gaffney, published by Snow Lion Pub. -- 2.34.1