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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.

Akkineni Nagarjuna

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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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My acts are irrevocable Because they have no essence… Where are the doers of deeds Absent among their conditions?
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Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.
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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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Without hope of reward Provide help to others. Bear suffering alone, And share your pleasures with beggars.
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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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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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