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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?

Akkineni Nagarjuna

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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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Arising Dependent Phenomena Void
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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Arise Attempt Bee Discord Drop Hive Honey Leak Peace Soon Whole
So, to praise others for their virtues – Can but encourage one’s own efforts
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Effort Encourage Helping Other Praise Virtue
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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Buddhist Doctrine Enter Essence Fabrication Philosophy Single True
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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Attentive Beautiful Careless Cloud Emerge Moon Someone
The Buddha taught some people the teachings of duality that help them avoid sin and acquire spiritual merit.
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Avoid Buddhist Duality Merit People Some Spiritual Taught Teach
One who kill, own life will be shortened; One who harms, will be injured even more
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Harm Injure Injured More Shortened Vegetarian
True knowledge is a virtue of the talented, but harmful to those without discernment.
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Knowledge Ocean Spring Talent Virtue Water
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
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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Abandon Abandonment Abounded Earthly Happiness Highly Interest Learn Man Possess Source Two
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
Just so, there are pleasures in worldly desires, But to be without desires is more pleasurable still.
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Desire Just Pleasure Still
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
Imagine a magician Who creates a creature Who creates other creatures. Acts I perform are creatures Who create others.
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Act Create Creature Imagine Magician Other Perform
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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Arise Dependent Different Least Nether Thing
The logs of wood which move down the river together Are driven apart by every wave.
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Driven Log Moving River Together Wave Wood

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