From f248fbae2a7096a6e65436920e088205bbeb04fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Koeritz Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 13:19:52 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 1/1] new fortune. --- database/fortunes.dat | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) diff --git a/database/fortunes.dat b/database/fortunes.dat index e3ad3fef..e56625ae 100644 --- a/database/fortunes.dat +++ b/database/fortunes.dat @@ -38163,3 +38163,22 @@ The only way to overcome our enemies is to turn inward and kill the real one, which is our own hatred. -- Ringu Tulku, from "Daring Steps: Traversing the Path of the Buddha", edited and translated by Rosemarie Fuchs. +~ + One should not view one’s dharma practice as being something decorative, +regarding statues and images as material possessions or as furnishings for +one’s house, or thinking that because there is an empty space on a wall one +might as well put up a thangka for decoration. That kind of attitude should +not be cultivated. When you arrange the statues or thangkas, you should do so +out of a deep respect from the mind, moved by your faith and conviction. If +you can arrange these physical representations—statues and so forth—out of +deep respect and faith, that’s all right. On the other hand, the attitude +that they are merely material possessions is dangerous and destructive. I +think that some people who have a cupboard or the like in which they keep all +their precious possessions may arrange an altar on it just for the sake of +decoration. This is very wrong. + Having such motivations is not the proper way to become a Buddhist; the +proper way to become a Buddhist is to bring about some positive change within +the mind. Any practice that can give you more courage when you are undergoing +a very difficult time and that can provide you with some kind of solace and +calmness of mind is a true practice of the dharma. + -- H.H. the Dalai Lama -- 2.34.1