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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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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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The Buddha taught some people the teachings of duality that help them avoid sin and acquire spiritual merit.
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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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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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The misery which follows pleasure is the pleasure which follows misery.
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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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One who kill, own life will be shortened; One who harms, will be injured even more
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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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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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Imagine a magician Who creates a creature Who creates other creatures. Acts I perform are creatures Who create others.
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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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Like the love of a parent for an only child, the tenderness of the Compassionate One is all-pervasive.
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That which arises dependent on something is not in the least that thing, neither is it different from it. Therefore, it is neither permanent or nothing.
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