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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.

Akkineni Nagarjuna

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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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Act Create Creature Imagine Magician Other Perform
So, to praise others for their virtues – Can but encourage one’s own efforts
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Effort Encourage Helping Other Praise Virtue
In peace there is profundity from which the highest respect arises from respect comes power and command therefore observe peace.
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Arise Command Dignity Highest Love Peace Power Profound Respect
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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Anger Enemy Exhaust Foe Kill Own Quell Real Spend
To others he taught non-duality, that some find profoundly frightening.
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Duality Find Frightening Profound Some Taught
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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Coming Compassion Emptiness Enlightenment Essence Profound Serenity Teach Ultimate
Without hope of reward Provide help to others. Bear suffering alone, And share your pleasures with beggars.
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Alone Bear Beggar Help Provide Reward Suffer
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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Collect Elegant Gift Say Supreme Teaching Wisdom Word
The misery which follows pleasure is the pleasure which follows misery.
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Follow Misery Pleasure Wheel
Just so, there are pleasures in worldly desires, But to be without desires is more pleasurable still.
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Desire Just Pleasure Still
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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Bowl Buddhist Day Gain Hundred Match Movement Offering Spiritual Time
The pleasure and misery of mankind revolve like a wheel.
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Like Mankind Misery Pleasure Revolve Wheel
There is pleasure when a sore is scratched, But to be without sores is more pleasurable still.
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Attachment Buddhist Meditation Moire Pleasure Scratch Sire Still
The logs of wood which move down the river together Are driven apart by every wave.
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Driven Log Moving River Together Wave Wood
Just as the grammarian makes one study grammar,
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Compassion Essence Grammarian Make Practice Study
Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.
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Derive Mutual Nothing Themselves Vegetarian

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