“Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.”

Like the love of a parent for an only child, the tenderness of the Compassionate One is all-pervasive.

Just so, there are pleasures in worldly desires, But to be without desires is more pleasurable still.

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.

Without hope of reward Provide help to others. Bear suffering alone, And share your pleasures with beggars.

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

So, to praise others for their virtues – Can but encourage one’s own efforts

Someone who has acted carelessly, But later becomes careful and attentive, Is as beautiful as the bright moon emerging from the clouds.

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

The logs of wood which move down the river together Are driven apart by every wave.

Such inevitable parting Should not be the cause of misery.

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

All philosophies are mental fabrications. There has never been a single doctrine by which one could enter the true essence of things.

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.

Imagine a magician Who creates a creature Who creates other creatures. Acts I perform are creatures Who create others.

Just as the grammarian makes one study grammar,

My acts are irrevocable Because they have no essence… Where are the doers of deeds Absent among their conditions?

Mutual content is like a river, which must have its banks on either side.

A man who owns a dog is, in every sense of the words, its master; the term expresses accurately their mutual relations. But it is ridiculous when applied to the limited possession of a cat.

Christina and Isabella, and the true friendships I have in my life that are based in being real with each other and mutual love and support.

Mutual suspicions of mental inadequacy are common during the first year of any marriage.

The sovereignty of the state as the power that protects the individual and that defines the mutual relationships among the visible spheres, rises high above them by its right to command and compel.

But within these spheres … another authority rules, an authority that descends directly from God apart from the state. This authority the state does not confer but acknowledges.

In mutual love the lover not only wants the happiness of his beloved; but has an eye towards his own happiness also.

There are three kinds of love; unselfish, mutual, and selfish. The unselfish love is of the highest kind; The lover only minds the welfare of the beloved and does not care for his own sufferings. .