From a05244354ee2e6a57751269b383abf2c181054c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Koeritz Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 18:53:26 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] new fortune. --- infobase/fortunes.dat | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) diff --git a/infobase/fortunes.dat b/infobase/fortunes.dat index 9c2c8a1d..6b160828 100644 --- a/infobase/fortunes.dat +++ b/infobase/fortunes.dat @@ -40047,3 +40047,22 @@ citizens. the world. -- Excerpt from President Roosevelt's January 11, 1944 message to the Congress of the United States on the State of the Union +~ + Whatever arises in our mind—whether it’s a thought, an emotion, a +sensation, or a perception—is the arising of coemergent wisdom. It is the +radiation of the mind’s emptiness and clarity. Every arising is a temporary +arising—one thought comes and goes, then another thought comes and goes. +All our thoughts and emotions just appear and disappear. + This is very important, because we usually grasp at whatever occurs. For +instance, when sadness arises, we hold on to this feeling and think, “I am +so sad, I am so depressed.” But from the Mahamudra point of view, what has +happened? A feeling has arisen in the mind, like a cloud. Like a cloud, it +appears and then it disappears, and that’s all there is to it. This time it +is sadness arising, the next time it may be happiness, the next time it may be +anger, and later it may be kindness. All sorts of things arise, like +wildflowers in a spring meadow. All sorts of flowers grow; all sorts of +thoughts and emotions arise. They are all okay; they’re nothing special. +When we understand what our thoughts and feelings are, and we experience them +in this way, we are able to let them come and let them go. + -- Ringu Tulku, from "Confusion Arises as Wisdom: Gampopa’s Heart Advice on + the Path of Mahamudra", published by Shambhala Publications. -- 2.34.1