Encouragement for virtue ~ Nagarjuna
Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one’s own efforts. Nagarjuna
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Without intrinsic being ~ Nagarjuna
The nature of the Tathagata Is the nature of this world of beings. The Tathagata is without intrinsic being; This world of beings is without intrinsic being. Nagarjuna
Skillful means of a Buddha ~ Nagarjuna
Just as the grammarian makes one study grammar, A Buddha teaches according to the tolerance of his students; Some he urges to refrain from sins, others to do good, 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 […]
Dreamlike world ~ Nagarjuna
The object of knowledge in dream is not seen when one awakes. Similarly the world disappears to him who is awakened from the darkness of ignorance. Nagarjuna
The profound absence of objectification ~ Nagarjuna
Those whose mind has transcended Existence and non-existence and abides no more [in them], They’ve realized the meaning of conditioned existence, The profound absence of objectification. Nagarjuna
Diamond slivers ~ Nagarjuna
Neither from itself nor from another, Nor from both, Nor without a cause, Does anything whatever, anywhere arise. Nagarjuna
What person is there ~ Nagarjuna
If 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? Nagarjuna
Dwelling among the causes of death ~ Nagarjuna
You dwell among the causes of death like a butter lamp standing in a strong breeze. Nagarjuna
Whatever is dependently arisen ~ Nagarjuna
Whatever is dependently arisen, That is explained to be emptiness, That, being a dependent designation Is itself the middle way. Something that is not dependently arisen, Such a thing does not exist. Therefore a nonempty thing does not exist. Nagarjuna
How marvelous ~ Nagarjuna
With all its many risks, this life endures No more than windblown bubbles in a stream. How marvelous to breathe in and out again, To fall asleep and then awake refreshed. Nagarjuna