From aa9877604dcd9afdcc18f10fe14fa31b87fc0597 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Koeritz Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2018 14:56:15 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] new fortunes --- infobase/fortunes.dat | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+) diff --git a/infobase/fortunes.dat b/infobase/fortunes.dat index 07892d41..b0eb7844 100644 --- a/infobase/fortunes.dat +++ b/infobase/fortunes.dat @@ -43591,4 +43591,48 @@ power of universal compassion delivers the realization of the true view. That’s when we have truly become students of the Dharma. -- Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, from "Sadness, Love, Openness: The Buddhist Path of Joy", published by Shambhala Publications +~ +Buddha qualities are indivisible. +The disposition is attained as it is. +The true state is [always] free from any fickleness and deceit. +Since beginningless time the nature has been peace itself. + +Direct perfect enlightenment [with regard to] all aspects, +and abandonment of the stains along with their imprints +[are called] buddha and nirvana respectively. +In truth, these are not two different things.   + + -- Maitreya, Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye, Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso, and + Asanga in "Buddha Nature: The Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra with Commentary", + Translated by Rosemarie Fuchs, published by Shambhala Publications +~ +Like vines that wrap themselves round sandal trees, +People who keep company with holy ones +Become, in their turn, holy. + +And like kusha grass left in a fetid marsh, +People who keep company with evil beings +Will in their turn be evil. + +So keep the company of holy beings +And from bad teachers strive to keep your distance. + + -- Longchenpa, in "Finding Rest in the Nature of the Mind, The Trilogy of + Rest, Volume 1",  Translated by Padmakara Translation Group, published by + Shambhala Publications +~ +Thinking about the self as composed of “aggregates” (Skt. skandha) can +help us reflect on our personal identity in new ways. Generally, we attribute +characteristics to our personal identity, feeling that it is solid, permanent, +and real. But here, describing the self as being composed of aggregates can +help us see ourselves more accurately. The word skandha can be translated +literally as “heap.” This definition, when applied to ourselves, can help +us see that we do not have a cohesive, real, and solid self. We are just a +heap of stuff — flesh, blood, veins, nerves, bones, hair, cartilage, and so +on. When we sort through this heap, what are we actually? None of the +elements of the heap is actually “me.” We are a mere mishmash of material +conditions that we have identified with and labeled “I.” + -- Anyen Rinpoche and Allison Choying Zangmo, in "Stop Biting the Tail + You're Chasing: Using Buddhist Mind Training to Free Yourself from Painful + Emotional Patterns" published by Shambhala Publications -- 2.34.1