black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

True knowledge is a virtue of the talented, but harmful to those without discernment.

Akkineni Nagarjuna

Related Topics

Knowledge Ocean Spring Talent Virtue Water

Bagwalas

Popular Authors

Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

The pleasure and misery of mankind revolve like a wheel.
AKKINENI NAGARJUNA

Like Mankind Misery Pleasure Revolve Wheel
Spring water free of impurity, entering the ocean, becomes undrinkable.
AKKINENI NAGARJUNA

Entering Impurity Ocean Spring Tree Water
Even offering three hundred bowls of food three times a day does not match the spiritual merit gained in one moment of love.
AKKINENI NAGARJUNA

Bowl Buddhist Day Gain Hundred Match Movement Offering Spiritual Time
Great compassion penetrates into the marrow of the bone. It is the support of all living beings.
AKKINENI NAGARJUNA

Being Bone Children Compassion Living Marrow Penetrate Support Yoga
Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.
AKKINENI NAGARJUNA

Derive Mutual Nothing Themselves Vegetarian
The teachings of elegant sayings Should be collected when one can. For the supreme gift of words of wisdom, Any price will be paid.
AKKINENI NAGARJUNA

Collect Elegant Gift Say Supreme Teaching Wisdom Word
So, to praise others for their virtues – Can but encourage one’s own efforts
AKKINENI NAGARJUNA

Effort Encourage Helping Other Praise Virtue
My acts are irrevocable Because they have no essence… Where are the doers of deeds Absent among their conditions?
AKKINENI NAGARJUNA

Absent Act Condition Deed Doer Essence
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.
AKKINENI NAGARJUNA

Arise Dependent Different Least Nether Thing
All philosophies are mental fabrications. There has never been a single doctrine by which one could enter the true essence of things.
AKKINENI NAGARJUNA

Buddhist Doctrine Enter Essence Fabrication Philosophy Single True
Just so, there are pleasures in worldly desires, But to be without desires is more pleasurable still.
AKKINENI NAGARJUNA

Desire Just Pleasure Still
True knowledge is a virtue of the talented, but harmful to those without discernment.
AKKINENI NAGARJUNA

Knowledge Ocean Spring Talent Virtue Water
In peace there is profundity from which the highest respect arises from respect comes power and command therefore observe peace.
AKKINENI NAGARJUNA

Arise Command Dignity Highest Love Peace Power Profound Respect
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 NAGARJUNA

Consciousness Earth Fire Person Space Them Water Wind
One who kill, own life will be shortened; One who harms, will be injured even more
AKKINENI NAGARJUNA

Harm Injure Injured More Shortened Vegetarian
A highly learned man has two sources of happiness: either he abandons all earthly interests, or else he possesses much which could be abandoned.
AKKINENI NAGARJUNA

Abandon Abandonment Abounded Earthly Happiness Highly Interest Learn Man Possess Source Two

Copyright: 2020 - 2023 | Minimalist Quotes