From 58ad380bdbc6a72548de22696ccd66949dca1891 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Koeritz Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 19:52:24 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] new fortune --- infobase/fortunes.dat | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+) diff --git a/infobase/fortunes.dat b/infobase/fortunes.dat index 1036a13b..02ad7f10 100644 --- a/infobase/fortunes.dat +++ b/infobase/fortunes.dat @@ -40432,3 +40432,41 @@ enemy or obstacle, you regard it as a brussels sprout that you cook and eat. -- Chögyam Trungpa, "The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma. Volume Two: The Bodhisattva Path of Wisdom and Compassion", published by Shambhala Publications +~ + Sentient beings are brought to maturation through three forms of generosity: +giving all, giving equally, and giving tirelessly. Bodhisattvas do not have +even one iota of their own body or enjoyments that they are not willing to +give to others if they see that it would help the other person to do so. They +give all that they possess. + Moreover, their generosity does not simply benefit others by supplying them +with the particular thing that is given. It benefits others in this life by +completely fulfilling their wishes, and, as it also matures them and +establishes them in virtue, which is the cause of the fulfillment of one’s +wishes, it benefits them in future lives as well. Thus, bodhisattvas +establish these beings in lasting happiness by planting the seed of +liberation. In this way, generosity matures sentient beings by helping them +in two ways, insofar as there are both temporary and lasting benefits. + Moreover, this generosity is practiced with equal regard for all. Since +there are no biases in terms of the recipients’ moral standing, social +position, or relation to oneself, they characteristically practice giving +equally. + Finally, not content with giving a confined number of material things for a +certain number of years or eons, a bodhisattva never knows enough of the +qualities of generosity, even were he or she to continue giving until the end +of cyclic existence. + -- from "Ornament of the Great Vehicle Sutras: Maitreya’s + Mahayanasutralamkara", with Commentaries by Khenpo Shenga and Ju Mipham, + published by Shambhala Publications. +~ +Something I find worthy of meditation is how in the dialectic between Samsara +and Nirvana, the dreamworld of Samsara is logically prior to and quite +necessary for the awakening to Nirvana. When discussing Tantric Buddhism, +Gunapala Dharmasiri says in the spirit of Nagarjuna, "We make a Samsara out of +Nirvana through our conceptual projections. Tantrics maintain that the world +is there for two purposes. One is to help us to attain enlightenment. As the +world is, in fact, Nirvana, the means of the world can be utilized to realize +Nirvana, when used in the correct way." + -- Charles Johnson, "Taming the Ox: Buddhist Stories and Reflections on + Politics, Race, Culture, and Spiritual Practice", published by Shambhala + Publications + -- 2.34.1