From df5944c5342ea6d5f923e540cc7c5fd8de9de49f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Koeritz Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 14:59:22 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] new fortune. --- database/fortunes.dat | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/database/fortunes.dat b/database/fortunes.dat index e2e5c393..4fbf1c69 100644 --- a/database/fortunes.dat +++ b/database/fortunes.dat @@ -39473,3 +39473,18 @@ to be happy and have the right to happiness. -- The Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, in "On the Path to Enlightenment: Heart Advice from the Great Tibetan Masters", Shambhala Publications +~ +Examining the understanding of heat in Vajrayana gives insight into tantra’s +somewhat different embrace of classical Buddhist imagery. From this +perspective, the experience of mental burning is indeed the central suffering +of our lives. It is the experiential dimension of the intensity of our +obscurations, whether emotional, conceptual, or habitual. But rather than +attempting to put out the flames with meditation methods, it is important to +allow the burning to occur during practice. Certainly in the foundational +stages of the path we must learn not to become engulfed in the flames, to tame +the wild mind and emotions, and to train ourselves to open further to +experience. Finally, however, through Vajrayana practice under the guidance +of a guru, the burning we experience becomes a great teacher and a great +blessing. + -- Judith Simmer-Brown, "Dakini’s Warm Breath: The Feminine Principle in + Tibetan Buddhism", Shambhala Publications -- 2.34.1