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There is pleasure when a sore is scratched, But to be without sores is more pleasurable still.

Akkineni Nagarjuna

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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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True knowledge is a virtue of the talented, but harmful to those without discernment.
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The logs of wood which move down the river together Are driven apart by every wave.
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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 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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The Buddha taught some people the teachings of duality that help them avoid sin and acquire spiritual merit.
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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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Because there are no phenomena which are not dependent arisings, there are no phenomena which are not void.
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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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Spring water free of impurity, entering the ocean, becomes undrinkable.
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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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Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.
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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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