From b087984aa825880c51b9ad68d642f9416953412e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Koeritz Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2015 12:36:02 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] new fortune --- infobase/fortunes.dat | 14 +++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/infobase/fortunes.dat b/infobase/fortunes.dat index c4f4ac8e..7d9a6fed 100644 --- a/infobase/fortunes.dat +++ b/infobase/fortunes.dat @@ -40948,4 +40948,16 @@ individual, self-knowing wakefulness. I salute this mother of the buddhas of the three times. -- Shantarakshita, in praise of Prajnaparamita, from "Jewels of Enlightenment", by Erik Pema Kunsang, published by Shambhala Publications - +~ +To rejoice in others’ happiness without any preferences of our own shows +that we understand that the longing for happiness is the same for all beings. +We can rejoice in their temporal happiness, which has come from their +accumulation of merit. When we recognize the quality of happiness in +others—when we see someone genuinely smile or laugh or see a glimmer of +brightness in their eyes—we can rejoice. When they obtain something they +want or need, whatever it may be, we have an opportunity to practice +rejoicing. Beings long for all kinds of things, some of which we might not +want ourselves—but that doesn’t matter. The important thing is that, if +only for a single moment, it has brought them some happiness. + -- Dzigar Kongtrul, from "Light Comes Through", published by Shambhala + Publications -- 2.34.1