There is pleasure when a sore is scratched,
But to be without sores is more pleasurable still.
Just so, there are pleasures in worldly desires,
But to be without desires is more pleasurable still.
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Nagarjuna
from the book Nagarjuna's Precious Garland: Buddhist Advice For Living And Liberation
translated by Jeffrey Hopkins
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