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One who kill, own life will be shortened; One who harms, will be injured even more

Akkineni Nagarjuna

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True knowledge is a virtue of the talented, but harmful to those without discernment.
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Knowledge Ocean Spring Talent Virtue Water
Without hope of reward Provide help to others. Bear suffering alone, And share your pleasures with beggars.
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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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So, to praise others for their virtues – Can but encourage one’s own efforts
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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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The logs of wood which move down the river together Are driven apart by every wave.
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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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Spring water free of impurity, entering the ocean, becomes undrinkable.
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Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.
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Just as the grammarian makes one study grammar,
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Compassion Essence Grammarian Make Practice Study
To others he taught non-duality, that some find profoundly frightening.
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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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One who kill, own life will be shortened; One who harms, will be injured even more
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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
The Buddha taught some people the teachings of duality that help them avoid sin and acquire spiritual merit.
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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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