From: Chris Koeritz Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2016 14:38:52 +0000 (-0500) Subject: new fortune X-Git-Tag: 2.140.90~358 X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?p=feisty_meow.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=881d0d16dcf1db7df42f2bfc3b5981c2982a38dc new fortune --- diff --git a/infobase/fortunes.dat b/infobase/fortunes.dat index e50b2310..2aa8d9d7 100644 --- a/infobase/fortunes.dat +++ b/infobase/fortunes.dat @@ -42322,4 +42322,13 @@ with its teachings about duhkha, the first noble truth. They, like the inhabitants of all the other nonhuman realms, are victims of their karma and are unable to practice a spiritual path to gain liberation. -- Reginald A. Ray, in "Indestructible Truth", published by Shambhala Publications +~ +The Zen monk Thich Nhat Hanh writes, "I like to walk alone on country paths, +rice plants and wild grasses on both sides, putting each foot down on the +earth in mindfulness, knowing that I walk on the wondrous earth. In such +moments, existence is a miraculous and mysterious reality. People usually +consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real +miracle is to walk on earth... a miracle we don’t even recognize." + -- from Jan Chozen Bays, MD, "How to Train a Wild Elephant & Other Adventures + in Mindfulness", published by Shambhala Publications