From 985942ca3f6f306d7560a0e7e5d7621531f7ccde Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Koeritz Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2016 16:05:34 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] new fortune --- infobase/fortunes.dat | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) diff --git a/infobase/fortunes.dat b/infobase/fortunes.dat index e1bdde3b..ab7290c4 100644 --- a/infobase/fortunes.dat +++ b/infobase/fortunes.dat @@ -41501,4 +41501,25 @@ that, you can expand to others as well. So you are full, but at the same time, you are empty. -- Chögyam Trungpa, "The Bodhisattva Path of Wisdom & Compassion", published by Shambhala Publications. +~ +Traditionally, many subtle distinctions are made about the various +characteristics and levels of the development of bodhichitta. Chagme Rinpoche +mentions these and says, “If you are studying to become a scholar, you need +to know all of these distinctions. But if you are a practitioner, these +distinctions are extremely unimportant.” For example, I arrived here at +these teachings by traveling in airplanes and automobiles. Now, I might +wonder, “Who built the airplane I traveled in? How does it work?” But, in +fact, I don’t know the answers to any of these things because it is not +important for me to know these things. What is important is that I got on an +airplane and flew thousands of miles and was able to get here. In the same +way, I regularly travel by automobile, and I might wonder, “How do you make +an automobile? Who made this automobile? How does it work exactly?” From +one point of view, of course, it is good to know these things, but from the +point of view of actually getting somewhere, it is not important. What is +important is that I got in a car and I came here. So, from one point of view, +it might be important to know all about the various aspects and +characteristics of bodhichitta, but according to Karma Chagme, it is perfectly +okay if you don’t. + -- Khenchen Thrangu, "Luminous Clarity: A Commentary on Karma Chagme’s + Union of Mahamudra and Dzogchen", published by Shambhala Publications -- 2.34.1