From dbd570f34fbcd4b8f88bb19cdc380217fcc8ad22 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Koeritz Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 13:29:58 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] new fortune. --- database/fortunes.dat | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) diff --git a/database/fortunes.dat b/database/fortunes.dat index e868ea87..a6fb92f0 100644 --- a/database/fortunes.dat +++ b/database/fortunes.dat @@ -38258,3 +38258,23 @@ religious values and beliefs. You should then acknowledge this and cultivate a deep sense of remorse. Strengthen your resolve not to indulge in these actions in the future. -- H.H. the Dalai Lama +~ + There are two different ways in which we can understand the term "ordinary +mind." One way is to not take control over anything and end up following our +afflictions. When a thought of anger arises, we follow it; when greed arises, +we lose control of ourselves to it. Similarly, we lose control of ourselves +to our pride and jealousy. Although we might think of this as our ordinary +state of mind, it is not what we mean here. Here it does not mean losing +control of ourselves to negative emotions. Instead, it means that we do not +need to do anything at all to the essence of the mind itself. + We do not need to alter this essence in any way. We do not have to worry +about what we are thinking, what is pleasant, or what is painful. We can +leave this mind as it is. If we try to alter the mind in any way, thoughts +will arise. But if we do not do anything to it and let it rest easily, then +it is unaltered. The Kagyu masters of the past called this the ordinary mind, +or the natural state. They called it this out of their experience. This +ordinary mind itself is the dharma expanse and the essence of the buddhas; it +is our buddha-nature. + -- Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, from "Vivid Awareness" in "The Best Buddhist + Writing 2012", edited by Melvin McLeod and the editors of the Shambhala + Sun, page 200. -- 2.34.1