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.
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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The misery which follows pleasure is the pleasure which follows misery.
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Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.
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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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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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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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Just so, there are pleasures in worldly desires, But to be without desires is more pleasurable still.
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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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My acts are irrevocable Because they have no essence… Where are the doers of deeds Absent among their conditions?
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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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One who kill, own life will be shortened; One who harms, will be injured even more
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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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To others he taught non-duality, that some find profoundly frightening.
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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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Imagine a magician Who creates a creature Who creates other creatures. Acts I perform are creatures Who create others.
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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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