The Buddha taught some people the teachings of duality that help them avoid sin and acquire spiritual merit.
AKKINENI NAGARJUNASomeone 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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One who kill, own life will be shortened; One who harms, will be injured even more
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Spring water free of impurity, entering the ocean, becomes undrinkable.
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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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Like the love of a parent for an only child, the tenderness of the Compassionate One is all-pervasive.
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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 Buddha teaches according to the tolerance of his students; Some he urges to refrain from sins, others to do good,
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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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So, to praise others for their virtues – Can but encourage one’s own efforts
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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 as the grammarian makes one study grammar,
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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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The logs of wood which move down the river together Are driven apart by every wave.
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The misery which follows pleasure is the pleasure which follows misery.
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Because there are no phenomena which are not dependent arisings, there are no phenomena which are not void.
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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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