Just so, there are pleasures in worldly desires, But to be without desires is more pleasurable still.
AKKINENI NAGARJUNAJust so, there are pleasures in worldly desires, But to be without desires is more pleasurable still.
AKKINENI NAGARJUNAMy acts are irrevocable Because they have no essence… Where are the doers of deeds Absent among their conditions?
AKKINENI NAGARJUNAAll philosophies are mental fabrications. There has never been a single doctrine by which one could enter the true essence of things.
AKKINENI NAGARJUNAThat 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.
AKKINENI NAGARJUNAOne who kill, own life will be shortened; One who harms, will be injured even more
AKKINENI NAGARJUNAA Buddha teaches according to the tolerance of his students; Some he urges to refrain from sins, others to do good,
AKKINENI NAGARJUNAImagine a magician Who creates a creature Who creates other creatures. Acts I perform are creatures Who create others.
AKKINENI NAGARJUNAThe pleasure and misery of mankind revolve like a wheel.
AKKINENI NAGARJUNAIn peace there is profundity from which the highest respect arises from respect comes power and command therefore observe peace.
AKKINENI NAGARJUNAThe logs of wood which move down the river together Are driven apart by every wave.
AKKINENI NAGARJUNAWithout hope of reward Provide help to others. Bear suffering alone, And share your pleasures with beggars.
AKKINENI NAGARJUNAThe Buddha taught some people the teachings of duality that help them avoid sin and acquire spiritual merit.
AKKINENI NAGARJUNAJust as the grammarian makes one study grammar,
AKKINENI NAGARJUNASpring water free of impurity, entering the ocean, becomes undrinkable.
AKKINENI NAGARJUNAHe 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.
AKKINENI NAGARJUNAGreat compassion penetrates into the marrow of the bone. It is the support of all living beings.
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