There is pleasure when a sore is scratched, But to be without sores is more pleasurable still.
AKKINENI NAGARJUNAJust so, there are pleasures in worldly desires, But to be without desires is more pleasurable still.
More Akkineni Nagarjuna Quotes
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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 pleasure and misery of mankind revolve like a wheel.
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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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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 Buddha taught some people the teachings of duality that help them avoid sin and acquire spiritual merit.
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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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My acts are irrevocable Because they have no essence… Where are the doers of deeds Absent among their conditions?
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To others he taught non-duality, that some find profoundly frightening.
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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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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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Great compassion penetrates into the marrow of the bone. It is the support of all living beings.
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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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One who kill, own life will be shortened; One who harms, will be injured even more
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True knowledge is a virtue of the talented, but harmful to those without discernment.
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So, to praise others for their virtues – Can but encourage one’s own efforts
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