From 35c21a70fec3d89aaad064502b2f98e32ebc6202 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Koeritz Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 15:53:11 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] new fortune. --- infobase/fortunes.dat | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/infobase/fortunes.dat b/infobase/fortunes.dat index 95e50f00..a5b2d694 100644 --- a/infobase/fortunes.dat +++ b/infobase/fortunes.dat @@ -40173,3 +40173,19 @@ 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 +~ + Hark! In order to be of maximum benefit to the countless living beings, +whose number is as vast as the extent of the skies, one must first gain the +state of peerless, complete, perfect buddhahood. It is with this thought in +mind that one receives initiation, the root of the Vajrayana path, and then +engages in the various Tantric yogas. + Contemplate this theme, and by means of it generate the sublime bodhi-mind +as the motivating factor. Also, cultivate the correct attitudes that are to +be maintained when listening to the Dharma, as is explained in the many sutras +and tantras, and thus listen correctly. + The Buddha, who himself achieved complete enlightenment and who possessed +profound skill and great compassion, taught the nectarlike Dharma in +accordance with the mental tendencies, capacities, and karmic predispositions +of those to be trained. + -- Glenn H. Mullin, "From the Heart of Chenrezig: The Dalai Lamas on Tantra" + published by Shambhala Publications -- 2.34.1