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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.

Akkineni Nagarjuna

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One who kill, own life will be shortened; One who harms, will be injured even more
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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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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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Because there are no phenomena which are not dependent arisings, there are no phenomena which are not void.
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Spring water free of impurity, entering the ocean, becomes undrinkable.
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Such inevitable parting Should not be the cause of misery.
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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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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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To others he taught non-duality, that some find profoundly frightening.
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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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