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.
AKKINENI NAGARJUNASpring water free of impurity, entering the ocean, becomes undrinkable.
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Such inevitable parting Should not be the cause of misery.
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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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The logs of wood which move down the river together Are driven apart by every wave.
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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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The pleasure and misery of mankind revolve like a wheel.
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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 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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So, to praise others for their virtues – Can but encourage one’s own efforts
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The misery which follows pleasure is the pleasure which follows misery.
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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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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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Without hope of reward Provide help to others. Bear suffering alone, And share your pleasures with beggars.
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In peace there is profundity from which the highest respect arises from respect comes power and command therefore observe peace.
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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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