All philosophies are mental fabrications. There has never been a single doctrine by which one could enter the true essence of things.
AKKINENI NAGARJUNAThe teachings of elegant sayings Should be collected when one can. For the supreme gift of words of wisdom, Any price will be paid.
More Akkineni Nagarjuna Quotes
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So, to praise others for their virtues – Can but encourage one’s own efforts
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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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There is pleasure when a sore is scratched, But to be without sores is more pleasurable still.
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Great compassion penetrates into the marrow of the bone. It is the support of all living beings.
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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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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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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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Just so, there are pleasures in worldly desires, But to be without desires is more pleasurable still.
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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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To others he taught non-duality, that some find profoundly frightening.
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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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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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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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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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One who kill, own life will be shortened; One who harms, will be injured even more
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