A person is not earth, not water, Not fire, not wind, not space, Not consciousness, and not all of them. What person is there other than these?
AKKINENI NAGARJUNAJust as the grammarian makes one study grammar,
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Some to rely on dualism, other on non-dualism; And to some he teaches the profound, The terrifying, the practice of enlightenment, Whose essence is emptiness that is compassion
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Just so, there are pleasures in worldly desires, But to be without desires is more pleasurable still.
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Even offering three hundred bowls of food three times a day does not match the spiritual merit gained in one moment of love.
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Because there are no phenomena which are not dependent arisings, there are no phenomena which are not void.
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That which arises dependent on something is not in the least that thing, neither is it different from it. Therefore, it is neither permanent or nothing.
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True knowledge is a virtue of the talented, but harmful to those without discernment.
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All philosophies are mental fabrications. There has never been a single doctrine by which one could enter the true essence of things.
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There is pleasure when a sore is scratched, But to be without sores is more pleasurable still.
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So, to praise others for their virtues – Can but encourage one’s own efforts
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The misery which follows pleasure is the pleasure which follows misery.
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Imagine a magician Who creates a creature Who creates other creatures. Acts I perform are creatures Who create others.
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Just as the grammarian makes one study grammar,
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The Buddha taught some people the teachings of duality that help them avoid sin and acquire spiritual merit.
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One who kill, own life will be shortened; One who harms, will be injured even more
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Ultimate serenity is the coming to rest of all ways of taking things, the repose of named things; no truth has been taught by a Buddha for anyone, anywhere.
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