new fortunes, added a repository to my list.

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@@ -37467,3 +37467,27 @@ That bliss is not the result of doing something to our consciousness, rather
 it is the pure state of our consciousness.(p.74)
   -- Anam Thubten, "The Magic of Awareness", edited by Sharon Roe, published
      by Snow Lion Publications
+~
+  The all-base consciousness* works like a savings bank.  Continuously money
+is paid into the bank and continuously it is taken out again.  In the same way
+karmic imprints are absorbed by the all-base, are stored there, and can
+therefore be brought forth again.
+  Learning, for example, occurs through the mind consciousness.  The mind
+consciousness itself vanishes.  Nevertheless, on the next day we have a memory
+of what we learned.  At this time of remembrance, the mind consciousness of
+what we learned is no longer actually present, since it has ceased to exist.
+Yet, still we did not forget what we learned previously.  What we learned was
+seized by the all-base in the form of karmic imprints, and stored.  Due to the
+'all-base of complete ripening' these imprints can be re-awakened, so that the
+mind consciousness perceives them afresh.  This is why we learn things.  It is
+similar with strong mental afflictions.
+  ...The example of the savings bank is particularly effective, especially in
+the context of karmic actions.  Whoever puts money into the bank can get it
+out again later, often including interest!(p.37)
+
+* The all-base consciousness is the general basis for the whole mind, all
+aspects of the mind.
+
+  -- Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, "Everyday Consciousness and Primordial
+     Awareness", translated and edited by Susanne Schefczyk, published by
+     Snow Lion Publications