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Because there are no phenomena which are not dependent arisings, there are no phenomena which are not void.

Akkineni Nagarjuna

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Spring water free of impurity, entering the ocean, becomes undrinkable.
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The misery which follows pleasure is the pleasure which follows misery.
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Such inevitable parting Should not be the cause of misery.
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So, to praise others for their virtues – Can but encourage one’s own efforts
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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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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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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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The logs of wood which move down the river together Are driven apart by every wave.
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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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Imagine a magician Who creates a creature Who creates other creatures. Acts I perform are creatures Who create others.
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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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Just as the grammarian makes one study grammar,
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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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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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