Such inevitable parting Should not be the cause of misery.
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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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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True knowledge is a virtue of the talented, but harmful to those without discernment.
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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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Just as the grammarian makes one study grammar,
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Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.
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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 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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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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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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There is pleasure when a sore is scratched, But to be without sores is more pleasurable still.
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The pleasure and misery of mankind revolve like a wheel.
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To others he taught non-duality, that some find profoundly frightening.
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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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