To others he taught non-duality, that some find profoundly frightening.
AKKINENI NAGARJUNAJust 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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The logs of wood which move down the river together Are driven apart by every wave.
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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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Great compassion penetrates into the marrow of the bone. It is the support of all living beings.
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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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Just so, there are pleasures in worldly desires, But to be without desires is more pleasurable still.
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True knowledge is a virtue of the talented, but harmful to those without discernment.
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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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Although you may spend your life killing, You will not exhaust all your foes. But if you quell your own anger, your real enemy will be slain.
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Spring water free of impurity, entering the ocean, becomes undrinkable.
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The misery which follows pleasure is the pleasure which follows misery.
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The pleasure and misery of mankind revolve like a wheel.
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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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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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Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.
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