Because there are no phenomena which are not dependent arisings, there are no phenomena which are not void.
AKKINENI NAGARJUNAGreat compassion penetrates into the marrow of the bone. It is the support of all living beings.
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Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.
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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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There is pleasure when a sore is scratched, But to be without sores is more pleasurable still.
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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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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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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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Such inevitable parting Should not be the cause of misery.
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Just as the grammarian makes one study grammar,
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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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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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To others he taught non-duality, that some find profoundly frightening.
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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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So, to praise others for their virtues – Can but encourage one’s own efforts
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Great compassion penetrates into the marrow of the bone. It is the support of all living beings.
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