My acts are irrevocable Because they have no essence… Where are the doers of deeds Absent among their conditions?
AKKINENI NAGARJUNASome 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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Great compassion penetrates into the marrow of the bone. It is the support of all living beings.
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Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.
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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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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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The logs of wood which move down the river together Are driven apart by every wave.
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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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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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Spring water free of impurity, entering the ocean, becomes undrinkable.
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To others he taught non-duality, that some find profoundly frightening.
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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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The teachings of elegant sayings Should be collected when one can. For the supreme gift of words of wisdom, Any price will be paid.
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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 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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There is pleasure when a sore is scratched, But to be without sores is more pleasurable still.
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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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