From 1d133f144770b2be174279ef6c07c52b9f31b3bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Koeritz Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 13:37:11 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] new fortune. --- infobase/fortunes.dat | 16 +++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/infobase/fortunes.dat b/infobase/fortunes.dat index 2ca84533..95e50f00 100644 --- a/infobase/fortunes.dat +++ b/infobase/fortunes.dat @@ -40158,4 +40158,18 @@ good advice. But otherwise, such attention can be a big problem. You can exhaust yourself and cause nervous fatigue, and if you push it, you can really do yourself some damage. -- B. Alan Wallace, from "The Four Immeasurables: Practices to Open the Heart" - +~ +If you want good health, you must insure that your diet is well-balanced and +complete. You wouldn’t just gobble up anything edible that comes your way. +Spiritual food should be approached with equal care. The practices you choose +should be genuine and complete. Sakyapandita said that when we’re buying a +jewel or a horse—and the same would apply these days to buying a car or a +house—we shop around and ask others for advice, but a wise or unwise +purchase can only affect our fortunes in this life. The spiritual practices +we undertake can assure or jeopardize our well-being throughout many future +lifetimes, and so it is essential to make a wise choice. Milarepa said that +unless the teachings we practice are free from errors and have come down to us +through a living and uninterrupted tradition, time spent meditating in a +mountain retreat will just be self-inflicted misery. + -- Geshe Sonam Rinchen, in "The Three Principal Aspects of the Path", + published by Shambhala Publications -- 2.34.1