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 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
More Akkineni Nagarjuna Quotes
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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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There is pleasure when a sore is scratched, But to be without sores is more pleasurable still.
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In peace there is profundity from which the highest respect arises from respect comes power and command therefore observe peace.
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True knowledge is a virtue of the talented, but harmful to those without discernment.
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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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The pleasure and misery of mankind revolve like a wheel.
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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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Just as the grammarian makes one study grammar,
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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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My acts are irrevocable Because they have no essence… Where are the doers of deeds Absent among their conditions?
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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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Such inevitable parting Should not be the cause of misery.
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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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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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