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?
AKKINENI NAGARJUNAThe misery which follows pleasure is the pleasure which follows misery.
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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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Without hope of reward Provide help to others. Bear suffering alone, And share your pleasures with beggars.
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One who kill, own life will be shortened; One who harms, will be injured even more
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True knowledge is a virtue of the talented, but harmful to those without discernment.
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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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My acts are irrevocable Because they have no essence… Where are the doers of deeds Absent among their conditions?
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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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The pleasure and misery of mankind revolve like a wheel.
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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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In peace there is profundity from which the highest respect arises from respect comes power and command therefore observe peace.
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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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To others he taught non-duality, that some find profoundly frightening.
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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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A highly learned man has two sources of happiness: either he abandons all earthly interests, or else he possesses much which could be abandoned.
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Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.
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