From 377ecebb534500f4b0e7ed97f4d4c95da0c3dd7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Koeritz Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 12:22:26 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] new fortune --- infobase/fortunes.dat | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/infobase/fortunes.dat b/infobase/fortunes.dat index 7eadebe3..4c3bbdf0 100644 --- a/infobase/fortunes.dat +++ b/infobase/fortunes.dat @@ -39611,7 +39611,7 @@ animosity, discouragement and reluctance to engage with the teachings. Shambhala Publications and Snow Lion Publications. ~ Bodhichitta can be understood as a quality of intention, sometimes called a -“great will.” This great will does not come from the ego; it is +"great will." This great will does not come from the ego; it is paradoxically an intention that arises through the surrender of the ego. As the ego lets go of its assumption that it has a real understanding of what is needed in the path of awakening, it surrenders to a deeper quality of will and @@ -39875,3 +39875,25 @@ distorted mental state that can be eliminated by seeing its disadvantages, applying the antidotes, and cultivating the mind that cherishes others. - Thubten Chodron, from "Don’t Believe Everything You Think: Living with Wisdom and Compassion", published by Shambhala Publications +~ + According to the sutras, numerous eons ago, when the Buddha was an ordinary +being, he took rebirth in a hell realm. He suffered gravely there as a result +of his past negative karma. + He and a companion were forced to pull a wheel of fire on which a wrathful +hell-guard was sitting, holding a burning club with which to beat them. His +companion was so weak that he couldn’t pull the wheel anymore. The hell- +guard stabbed his companion with a burning trident. His companion kept crying +loudly and bleeding profusely. At that moment, with strong love and +compassion, the Buddha developed enlightened aspiration, a vow to take +responsibility for helping his companion and all the suffering beings from the +depth of his heart, and he became a bodhisattva for the first time. + The bodhisattva begged the hell-guard, "Please have a little mercy on my +suffering companion." At that, in a rage the hellguard hit him with a +burning trident. Because of the power of his strong compassion, the +bodhisattva died and was liberated from the hell-realm. His evil deeds of +many eons were purified instantly by the power of such enlightened aspiration. +Thereafter, he started his journey toward the fully enlightened state of +buddhahood. + -- Tulku Thondup, from "Incarnation: The History and Mysticism of the Tulku + Tradition of Tibet" + -- 2.34.1