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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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Just as the grammarian makes one study grammar,
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Compassion Essence Grammarian Make Practice Study
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
So, to praise others for their virtues – Can but encourage one’s own efforts
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Effort Encourage Helping Other Praise Virtue
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
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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Anger Enemy Exhaust Foe Kill Own Quell Real Spend
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
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
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
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
Such inevitable parting Should not be the cause of misery.
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Cause Inevitable Misery Part
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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Coming Response Serenity Taking Taught Thing Truth Way
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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A Buddha teaches according to the tolerance of his students; Some he urges to refrain from sins, others to do good,
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According Buddham Teacher God Other Refrain Sin Student Tolerance Urge
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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Coming Compassion Emptiness Enlightenment Essence Profound Serenity Teach Ultimate
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
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

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