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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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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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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 pleasure and misery of mankind revolve like a wheel.
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Such inevitable parting Should not be the cause of misery.
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The teachings of elegant sayings Should be collected when one can. For the supreme gift of words of wisdom, Any price will be paid.
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Collect Elegant Gift Say Supreme Teaching Wisdom Word
True knowledge is a virtue of the talented, but harmful to those without discernment.
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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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Consciousness Earth Fire Person Space Them Water Wind
In peace there is profundity from which the highest respect arises from respect comes power and command therefore observe peace.
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Arise Command Dignity Highest Love Peace Power Profound Respect
My acts are irrevocable Because they have no essence… Where are the doers of deeds Absent among their conditions?
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Absent Act Condition Deed Doer Essence
Like the love of a parent for an only child, the tenderness of the Compassionate One is all-pervasive.
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All Child Compassionate Like Love Pervasive Tenderness
Because there are no phenomena which are not dependent arisings, there are no phenomena which are not void.
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Spring water free of impurity, entering the ocean, becomes undrinkable.
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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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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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Without hope of reward Provide help to others. Bear suffering alone, And share your pleasures with beggars.
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Alone Bear Beggar Help Provide Reward Suffer
So, to praise others for their virtues – Can but encourage one’s own efforts
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