A highly learned man has two sources of happiness: either he abandons all earthly interests, or else he possesses much which could be abandoned.
AKKINENI NAGARJUNAGreat compassion penetrates into the marrow of the bone. It is the support of all living beings.
More Akkineni Nagarjuna Quotes
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Like the love of a parent for an only child, the tenderness of the Compassionate One is all-pervasive.
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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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Just as the grammarian makes one study grammar,
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The pleasure and misery of mankind revolve like a wheel.
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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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True knowledge is a virtue of the talented, but harmful to those without discernment.
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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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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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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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Imagine a magician Who creates a creature Who creates other creatures. Acts I perform are creatures Who create others.
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The logs of wood which move down the river together Are driven apart by every wave.
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Spring water free of impurity, entering the ocean, becomes undrinkable.
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The misery which follows pleasure is the pleasure which follows misery.
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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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Such inevitable parting Should not be the cause of misery.
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