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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.

Akkineni Nagarjuna

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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 misery which follows pleasure is the pleasure which follows misery.
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Spring water free of impurity, entering the ocean, becomes undrinkable.
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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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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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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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Because there are no phenomena which are not dependent arisings, there are no phenomena which are not void.
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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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Just as the grammarian makes one study grammar,
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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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So, to praise others for their virtues – Can but encourage one’s own efforts
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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 logs of wood which move down the river together Are driven apart by every wave.
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One who kill, own life will be shortened; One who harms, will be injured even more
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Such inevitable parting Should not be the cause of misery.
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The pleasure and misery of mankind revolve like a wheel.
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