The logs of wood which move down the river together Are driven apart by every wave.
AKKINENI NAGARJUNASomeone who has acted carelessly, But later becomes careful and attentive, Is as beautiful as the bright moon emerging from the clouds.
More Akkineni Nagarjuna Quotes
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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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Just so, there are pleasures in worldly desires, But to be without desires is more pleasurable still.
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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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A Buddha teaches according to the tolerance of his students; Some he urges to refrain from sins, others to do good,
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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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Imagine a magician Who creates a creature Who creates other creatures. Acts I perform are creatures Who create others.
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True knowledge is a virtue of the talented, but harmful to those without discernment.
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So, to praise others for their virtues – Can but encourage one’s own efforts
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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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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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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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The misery which follows pleasure is the pleasure which follows misery.
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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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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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The pleasure and misery of mankind revolve like a wheel.
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