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

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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Such inevitable parting Should not be the cause of misery.
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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 Buddha teaches according to the tolerance of his students; Some he urges to refrain from sins, others to do good,
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Spring water free of impurity, entering the ocean, becomes undrinkable.
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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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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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True knowledge is a virtue of the talented, but harmful to those without discernment.
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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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Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.
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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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Imagine a magician Who creates a creature Who creates other creatures. Acts I perform are creatures Who create others.
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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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So, to praise others for their virtues – Can but encourage one’s own efforts
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