From 81e4b9befa348c3f9fbd55a53c2dce0e7ab11b70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Koeritz Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 15:23:44 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] new fortune. --- infobase/fortunes.dat | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+) diff --git a/infobase/fortunes.dat b/infobase/fortunes.dat index baa95465..837d3443 100644 --- a/infobase/fortunes.dat +++ b/infobase/fortunes.dat @@ -39960,3 +39960,30 @@ on to these useless emotions within impermanence? Impermanence is the nature of everything. -- Khandro Rinpoche, from "Buddha’s Daughters: Teachings from Women Who Are Shaping Buddhism in the West", published by Shambhala Publications +~ +Please listen without your minds wandering. +Though I am not skilled in composing songs, +This is the way to understand the true oral instructions. +Keep this in mind and ponder it. + +The three worlds are primordially pure. +Ultimately, there is nothing more to understand. +Not negation, unceasing continuity, +Unchanging—such is the view. + +The innate essence is naturally luminous. +Unconditioned, meditation is unceasing. +Not negation, beyond losing and gaining, +Without desire or attachment—such is the meditation. + +Arising from the natural occurrence of various coincidences, +The play of illusion is unobstructed. +Not negation, +Things are unpredictable, abrupt—such is the action. + +Mind shines as bodhicitta. +There is no attainment of the three kayas of buddha. +Not negation, beyond hope and fear, +Without ground or root—such is the fruition. + - from "The Life of Marpa the Translator", translated by Chögyam Trungpa + and the Nalanda Translation Committee, published by Shambhala Publications -- 2.34.1