My acts are irrevocable Because they have no essence… Where are the doers of deeds Absent among their conditions?
AKKINENI NAGARJUNAA highly learned man has two sources of happiness: either he abandons all earthly interests, or else he possesses much which could be abandoned.
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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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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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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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Without hope of reward Provide help to others. Bear suffering alone, And share your pleasures with beggars.
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To others he taught non-duality, that some find profoundly frightening.
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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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Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.
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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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The logs of wood which move down the river together Are driven apart by every wave.
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So, to praise others for their virtues – Can but encourage one’s own efforts
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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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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 highly learned man has two sources of happiness: either he abandons all earthly interests, or else he possesses much which could be abandoned.
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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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