Because there are no phenomena which are not dependent arisings, there are no phenomena which are not void.
AKKINENI NAGARJUNAThe logs of wood which move down the river together Are driven apart by every wave.
More Akkineni Nagarjuna Quotes
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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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Imagine a magician Who creates a creature Who creates other creatures. Acts I perform are creatures Who create others.
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He who does not attempt to make peace / When small discords arise, / Is like the bee’s hive which leaks drops of honey / Soon, the whole hive collapses.
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Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.
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One who kill, own life will be shortened; One who harms, will be injured even more
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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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Great compassion penetrates into the marrow of the bone. It is the support of all living beings.
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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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Just as the grammarian makes one study grammar,
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Ultimate serenity is the coming to rest of all ways of taking things, the repose of named things; no truth has been taught by a Buddha for anyone, anywhere.
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Someone who has acted carelessly, But later becomes careful and attentive, Is as beautiful as the bright moon emerging from the clouds.
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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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To others he taught non-duality, that some find profoundly frightening.
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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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My acts are irrevocable Because they have no essence… Where are the doers of deeds Absent among their conditions?
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