From 208c05b059f556d268b37f49f4c53342ae965702 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Koeritz Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 09:20:57 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] new fortune. --- infobase/fortunes.dat | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/infobase/fortunes.dat b/infobase/fortunes.dat index 26b563dd..415dadcf 100644 --- a/infobase/fortunes.dat +++ b/infobase/fortunes.dat @@ -41179,4 +41179,14 @@ endowed with bliss, and of great compassion focusing on sentient beings as its point of reference. The realization arising from these [purifying causes] is to be known as enlightenment. -- Maitreya, in "Buddha Nature", published by Shambhala Publications - +~ +Meditation means learning to control our minds, thereby protecting our minds +from domination by delusion and other afflictions. We may think, “Oh, I +wish my mind were not dominated by ignorance and other afflictions.” But +these afflictions are very powerful and very destructive; they operate despite +our wishes. We have to work to develop effective countermeasures. We cannot +buy such remedies from a store; even very sophisticated machines cannot +produce them for us. They are obtained only through mental effort, training +the mind in meditation. + -- H.H. the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, "From Here to Enlightenment", published + by Shambhala Publications -- 2.34.1