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My acts are irrevocable Because they have no essence… Where are the doers of deeds Absent among their conditions?

Akkineni Nagarjuna

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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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Great compassion penetrates into the marrow of the bone. It is the support of all living beings.
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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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My acts are irrevocable Because they have no essence… Where are the doers of deeds Absent among their conditions?
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