From 97c383619653f8418c6476ade4d74ee6a5f6416d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Koeritz Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2015 21:28:56 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] new fortune --- infobase/fortunes.dat | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+) diff --git a/infobase/fortunes.dat b/infobase/fortunes.dat index 16c37b9e..921ce42c 100644 --- a/infobase/fortunes.dat +++ b/infobase/fortunes.dat @@ -41234,4 +41234,35 @@ enlightened qualities—loving-kindness that is free from concepts—shining forever. -- Tulku Thondup, from "The Heart of Unconditional Love", published by Shambhala Publications +~ +The method for taking all situations as the path is to rest within the essence +of the mind. Within our minds, there are three aspects: the way things +appear, how they are confused, and the way they actually are. We do not take +our difficulties as the path in relation to how things appear or are confused, +but in relation to how they actually are. We rest naturally within their +nature—the clear and empty nature of the mind that is sometimes called the +union of clarity and emptiness or the union of wisdom and the expanse. We +rest within this, recognizing it. When we take sickness as the path, we look +at the essence of the sickness without altering it in any way and just rest +naturally within that. When we take the afflictions as the path, we just look +at the essence of the greed, aversion, or delusion that has occurred. We do +not follow the affliction or block it. We do not try to stop our thoughts. +Instead, we look at those thoughts and at the afflictions that occur, and we +rest naturally within their inherently empty essence. + -- Khenchen Thrangu, from "Vivid Awareness", published by Shambhala + Publications +~ +I suggest that dana—in all its wonderful, profound simplicity--is a +necessary and significant part of what Dr. Buddha would prescribe for our +times. It can be understood without hours of study. It liberates us from +acquisitive and protectionist habits. It mitigates individualism and +nourishes community. Its meaning spans the most basic levels of practice +through to the ultimate. It challenges "me" and "mine," fostering letting go. +A reinvigorated and updated understanding and practice of dana can serve as a +powerful antidote to consumerism’s ills. I see this as essential for +Buddhism to stay on course as we navigate this bizarre postmodern world +seeking genuine peace and liberation. + -- Santikaro, from "Hooked!: Buddhist Writings on Greed, Desire, and the + Urge to Consume", edited by Stephanie Kaza, published by Shambhala + Publications and Snow Lion Publications -- 2.34.1