From 5dcd67b69490f2b93e3bc086d39f54bd7491b8ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Koeritz Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2015 11:21:27 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] new fortune. --- infobase/fortunes.dat | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/infobase/fortunes.dat b/infobase/fortunes.dat index 7d9a6fed..b2d15006 100644 --- a/infobase/fortunes.dat +++ b/infobase/fortunes.dat @@ -40961,3 +40961,16 @@ want ourselves—but that doesn’t matter. The important thing is that, if only for a single moment, it has brought them some happiness. -- Dzigar Kongtrul, from "Light Comes Through", published by Shambhala Publications +~ +Even if we think we have found the origin of phenomena, we are only being +deluded by the karmic seeds of new discoveries which are constantly ripening, +becoming exhausted, and being replaced through the ripening of other karmic +seeds. Yet we continue to be fascinated by trying to define substance, +constantly trying to catch it, thinking that we have caught it but then losing +it. We are endlessly lured by the material creations of our conceptions. +Sublime beings, knowing the characteristics of each phenomenon and the nature +of all phenomena, are never lured by anything. They abide in the infinite +display of enlightenment’s empty appearance without trying to catch anything +or being able to be caught. + -- Thinley Norbu, from "White Sail", published by Shambhala Publications + -- 2.34.1