Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.
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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True knowledge is a virtue of the talented, but harmful to those without discernment.
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The pleasure and misery of mankind revolve like a wheel.
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One who kill, own life will be shortened; One who harms, will be injured even more
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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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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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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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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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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?
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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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Without hope of reward Provide help to others. Bear suffering alone, And share your pleasures with beggars.
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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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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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Such inevitable parting Should not be the cause of misery.
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