From b7351228d6462d0dfe5cec0545781938e34435b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Koeritz Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:04:28 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] new fortune. --- database/fortunes.dat | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/database/fortunes.dat b/database/fortunes.dat index 54a7be16..9ba033d9 100644 --- a/database/fortunes.dat +++ b/database/fortunes.dat @@ -38107,3 +38107,15 @@ 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 +~ + The process of overcoming our defilements goes in conjunction with gaining +higher levels of realisation. In fact, when we speak of gaining higher levels +of realisation in Buddhism we are speaking primarily of the processes through +which our wisdom and insight deepen. It is actually the wisdom aspect that +enables the practitioner to move from one level to the next on the path. + The attainment of the levels of the path is explained in condensed form in +the Heart Sutra, where we find the mantra tadyatha om gate gate paragate +parasamgate bodhi svaha. Tadyatha means It is thus; gate gate means go, go; +paragate means go beyond and transcend; parasamgate means go utterly beyond, +go thoroughly beyond; and bodhi svaha means firmly rooted in enlightenment. + -- H.H. the Dalai Lama -- 2.34.1