A highly learned man has two sources of happiness: either he abandons all earthly interests, or else he possesses much which could be abandoned.
AKKINENI NAGARJUNAThings derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.
More Akkineni Nagarjuna Quotes
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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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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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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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Like the love of a parent for an only child, the tenderness of the Compassionate One is all-pervasive.
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The pleasure and misery of mankind revolve like a wheel.
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The logs of wood which move down the river together Are driven apart by every wave.
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True knowledge is a virtue of the talented, but harmful to those without discernment.
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Spring water free of impurity, entering the ocean, becomes undrinkable.
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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 misery which follows pleasure is the pleasure which follows misery.
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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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Without hope of reward Provide help to others. Bear suffering alone, And share your pleasures with beggars.
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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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Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.
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