From e1aba7dfecd72ee717c6d101fcc00fb970b05656 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Koeritz Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 20:58:20 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] new fortune. --- infobase/fortunes.dat | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/infobase/fortunes.dat b/infobase/fortunes.dat index afcbfb4f..26b563dd 100644 --- a/infobase/fortunes.dat +++ b/infobase/fortunes.dat @@ -41168,4 +41168,15 @@ nirvana, one takes refuge in the Three Jewels, according to the Mahayana, until one gains enlightenment. -- Kunzang Pelden, in "Nectar of Manjushri’s Speech", published by Shambhala Publications +~ +Just as a precious jewel, the sky, and water are by nature pure, likewise the +tathagatagarbha or dharmadhatu is by nature always free from the defilement of +the mental poisons and thus utterly pure. Whereas this is the meaning of the +essence, the cause that completely purifies the adventitious defilements +consists of devotion towards the Mahayana Dharma, of highest discriminative or +analytical wisdom realizing the non-existence of a self, of limitless samadhi +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 -- 2.34.1