From ab6bacb578744ce2a0132af78fbf5dc461cf00d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Koeritz Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2015 13:40:53 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] new fortune. --- infobase/fortunes.dat | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/infobase/fortunes.dat b/infobase/fortunes.dat index c850875c..382773de 100644 --- a/infobase/fortunes.dat +++ b/infobase/fortunes.dat @@ -41001,4 +41001,16 @@ phenomena because of long familiarity with the actual self, the person. -- H.H. the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, "Gentle Bridges: Conversations with the Dalai Lama on the Sciences of Mind", edited by Jeremy Hayward and Francisco J. Varela, published by Shambhala Publications +~ +The Tibetan term for renunciation is ngepar jungwa; nges par ’byung ba, +which literally means "certainty of release." Ngepar is short for ngepar +shepa, meaning to have certain, decisive knowledge from within; in this case, +it refers to having certainty that the nature of worldly existence is +suffering. In addition to this certainty, there is the heartfelt wish to be +released, jungwa, from this suffering. One must gain confidence in the fact +that the nature of cyclic existence in samsara is suffering, together with +having the powerful wish and intention to be free of this suffering. This is +what is known as the thought of renunciation. + -- Nyoshul Khenpo, "The Fearless Lion’s Roar: Profound Instructions on + Dzogchen, the Great Perfection", published by Shambhala Publications -- 2.34.1