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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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The Buddha taught some people the teachings of duality that help them avoid sin and acquire spiritual merit.
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Imagine a magician Who creates a creature Who creates other creatures. Acts I perform are creatures Who create others.
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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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Because there are no phenomena which are not dependent arisings, there are no phenomena which are not void.
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Without hope of reward Provide help to others. Bear suffering alone, And share your pleasures with beggars.
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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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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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So, to praise others for their virtues – Can but encourage one’s own efforts
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One who kill, own life will be shortened; One who harms, will be injured even more
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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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That 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.
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