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The misery which follows pleasure is the pleasure which follows misery.

Akkineni Nagarjuna

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Such inevitable parting Should not be the cause of misery.
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To others he taught non-duality, that some find profoundly frightening.
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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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Great compassion penetrates into the marrow of the bone. It is the support of all living beings.
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There is pleasure when a sore is scratched, But to be without sores is more pleasurable still.
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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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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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True knowledge is a virtue of the talented, but harmful to those without discernment.
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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 pleasure and misery of mankind revolve like a wheel.
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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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Just as the grammarian makes one study grammar,
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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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Imagine a magician Who creates a creature Who creates other creatures. Acts I perform are creatures Who create others.
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The logs of wood which move down the river together Are driven apart by every wave.
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