Like mirages and cities of gandharvas,
Illusions and dreams,
all characteristics you entertain are empty of any essence.
Know all phenomena are this way.
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Buddha Shakyamuni
quoted in the book Moonbeams of Mahamudra
translated by Elizabeth Callahan
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