From a360824b26a73bb990e37980b7b3c1ec2fe96867 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Koeritz Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 12:34:07 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] new fortune. --- infobase/fortunes.dat | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/infobase/fortunes.dat b/infobase/fortunes.dat index db056dfe..a89759e7 100644 --- a/infobase/fortunes.dat +++ b/infobase/fortunes.dat @@ -40873,3 +40873,14 @@ the teaching of the Buddha, who proclaimed: -- Tenzin Wangmo, from "The Prince and the Zombie: Tibetan Tales of Karma", with foreword by Matthieu Ricard, published by Shambhala Publications +~ +I am very pleased to be a human being, yet I know that I can make what I have +been given even better. I know I am not perfect, yet I also know I have the +ability to transform my imperfections. Remembering this when I begin to +practice or study makes any effort needed during the session much more freely +available. Resting meditation is not just sitting on a cushion and zoning +out. Contemplative Meditation is not just thinking about whatever arises in +the mind. Practicing either form of meditation takes joyful exertion and +self-discipline. + -- Khenpo Gawang, "Your Mind is Your Teacher", published by Shambhala + Publications -- 2.34.1