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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.

Akkineni Nagarjuna

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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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Like the love of a parent for an only child, the tenderness of the Compassionate One is all-pervasive.
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Spring water free of impurity, entering the ocean, becomes undrinkable.
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Just as the grammarian makes one study grammar,
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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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Buddhist Doctrine Enter Essence Fabrication Philosophy Single True
True knowledge is a virtue of the talented, but harmful to those without discernment.
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To others he taught non-duality, that some find profoundly frightening.
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The logs of wood which move down the river together Are driven apart by every wave.
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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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My acts are irrevocable Because they have no essence… Where are the doers of deeds Absent among their conditions?
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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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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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Abandon Abandonment Abounded Earthly Happiness Highly Interest Learn Man Possess Source Two
Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.
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Derive Mutual Nothing Themselves Vegetarian
Such inevitable parting Should not be the cause of misery.
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Cause Inevitable Misery Part
In peace there is profundity from which the highest respect arises from respect comes power and command therefore observe peace.
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Arise Command Dignity Highest Love Peace Power Profound Respect

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