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True knowledge is a virtue of the talented, but harmful to those without discernment.

Akkineni Nagarjuna

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Such inevitable parting Should not be the cause of misery.
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Great compassion penetrates into the marrow of the bone. It is the support of all living beings.
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So, to praise others for their virtues – Can but encourage one’s own efforts
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He who does not attempt to make peace / When small discords arise, / Is like the bee’s hive which leaks drops of honey / Soon, the whole hive collapses.
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True knowledge is a virtue of the talented, but harmful to those without discernment.
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The logs of wood which move down the river together Are driven apart by every wave.
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The teachings of elegant sayings Should be collected when one can. For the supreme gift of words of wisdom, Any price will be paid.
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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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Someone who has acted carelessly, But later becomes careful and attentive, Is as beautiful as the bright moon emerging from the clouds.
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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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Spring water free of impurity, entering the ocean, becomes undrinkable.
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Like the love of a parent for an only child, the tenderness of the Compassionate One is all-pervasive.
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A highly learned man has two sources of happiness: either he abandons all earthly interests, or else he possesses much which could be abandoned.
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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?
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To others he taught non-duality, that some find profoundly frightening.
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My acts are irrevocable Because they have no essence… Where are the doers of deeds Absent among their conditions?
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