From fa14daffb0e9594769d46885433b3e0b9ea4e6c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Koeritz Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 12:56:56 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] new fortune. --- database/fortunes.dat | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+) diff --git a/database/fortunes.dat b/database/fortunes.dat index 1354d327..217bdd52 100644 --- a/database/fortunes.dat +++ b/database/fortunes.dat @@ -38649,3 +38649,27 @@ by any kind of focus; it is called “the great meditation that is nonmeditation.” --Tulku Pema Rigtsal, "The Great Secret of Mind: Special Instructions on the Nonduality of Dzogchen", translated by Keith Dowman. +~ + Who is more shameless in this world, + Than one who abandons to samsara’s ocean of suffering + All the mothers who have tenderly cared for him since beginningless time + And instead strives toward the peace of a solitary nirvana? + --Shechen Gyaltsap Pema Namgyal + + In each of our lives since beginningless time, our mother carried us within +her body for nine months. She took care of us when we were helpless babies; +she gave us food, education, and protection. In return, we feel love and +gratitude for her kindness. + Why not extend our respect and appreciation for our mother to everyone else? +If we take a broader perspective, we can consider that, within the countless +existences we have lived, every being has been our mother at one time or +another. Don’t they also deserve our kindness now? We can extend the same +debt of gratitude that we owe our present mother to all sentient beings. By +doing so, we naturally begin to develop a deep concern for the happiness of +others, and this feeling makes sense to us. + We take the refuge vow not just for our own sake, but also for the sake of +all sentient beings. This is bodhichitta, or the altruistic mind, which aims +for the enlightenment of all sentient beings. + --Shechen Rabjam, "The Great Medicine That Conquers Clinging to the Notion + of Reality: Steps in Meditation on the Enlightened Mind" + -- 2.34.1