From 1b868bc6a98b44bb49fd0bea07e10c6e644f0c8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Koeritz Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 14:57:45 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] new fortune --- infobase/fortunes.dat | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+) diff --git a/infobase/fortunes.dat b/infobase/fortunes.dat index 1f9b5c36..edc64ebc 100644 --- a/infobase/fortunes.dat +++ b/infobase/fortunes.dat @@ -40515,3 +40515,28 @@ this concept of selflessness or nonexistence of ego. To say that we do not exist at all is the nihilistic view, which the Buddha rejected completely. -- Traleg Kyabgon, from "The Essence of Buddhism: An Introduction to Its Philosophy and Practice", published by Shambhala Publications +##Karma is basically habit. It’s the momentum of repeated actions that +become habitual. It’s in our best interest to develop as many positive +habits as we can. In the Mahanama Sutta, the Buddha said, “Just as oil +rises to the top of a pot submerged in water, your virtue, your goodness, your +faith, or generosity will rise to the top, and that is what will carry you to +your next destination.” +~ + Karma is basically habit. It’s the momentum of repeated actions that +become habitual. It’s in our best interest to develop as many positive +habits as we can. In the Mahanama Sutta, the Buddha said, “Just as oil +rises to the top of a pot submerged in water, your virtue, your goodness, your +faith, or generosity will rise to the top, and that is what will carry you to +your next destination.” + Try to get to the point where your emotional default is into bodhichitta. +In other words, what is your automatic reflex to life situations, especially +difficult ones? Do you think about yourself, and how you might profit or +escape from a situation? Or do you think about others, and how you can help? +Progress on the path, and a sign that you’re well prepared for death, is +when the former changes into the latter, when you default not into selfishness +but into selflessness. If you’re uncertain about what to do in a situation, +just open your heart and love. This is training in bodhichitta. + -- Andrew Holecek, from "Preparing to Die: Practical Advice and Spiritual + Wisdom from the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition", published by Shambhala + Publications + -- 2.34.1