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Spring water free of impurity, entering the ocean, becomes undrinkable.

Akkineni Nagarjuna

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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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Coming Response Serenity Taking Taught Thing Truth Way
Such inevitable parting Should not be the cause of misery.
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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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True knowledge is a virtue of the talented, but harmful to those without discernment.
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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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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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Like the love of a parent for an only child, the tenderness of the Compassionate One is all-pervasive.
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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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In peace there is profundity from which the highest respect arises from respect comes power and command therefore observe peace.
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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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Just as the grammarian makes one study grammar,
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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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Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.
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To others he taught non-duality, that some find profoundly frightening.
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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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