From 542b1ed191f9f8ff002f9a3cffbdaf4bb17479b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Koeritz Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2013 14:15:20 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] new fortune. --- database/fortunes.dat | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/database/fortunes.dat b/database/fortunes.dat index c6df4978..cbb689c3 100644 --- a/database/fortunes.dat +++ b/database/fortunes.dat @@ -38960,3 +38960,20 @@ The Four Seals in Buddhism are: (mya ngan las 'das ba zhi ba) --from "Meditation on Emptiness" (London: Wisdom, 1983), by Jeffrey Hopkins +~ + When you pass away, nothing will do you any good except for the pure Dharma. +You will not simply disappear when you die. Rather, what happens next will be +dictated by your previous actions. + For these reasons, you should exert yourself by whatever means necessary to +free yourself from samsara, which is nothing but a vast ocean of suffering! +Practice your teacher’s guidance concerning what to do and what to give up +to the letter, without falling under the influence of immature friends or bad +influences. To the best of your ability, incorporate this genuine teaching on +the certainty of death into each and every day. + Keeping all this in mind, arouse faith in the Three Jewels so that you will +be able to practice in this manner, thinking to yourself, “Think of me, +Three Jewels!” At the same time, be sure to generate an intense sense of +renunciation and subdue your mind stream. + -- from "Entrance to the Great Perfection: A Guide to the Dzogchen + Preliminary Practices", edited and translated by Cortland Dahl + -- 2.34.1