Because there are no phenomena which are not dependent arisings, there are no phenomena which are not void.
—Nagarjuna
The misery which follows pleasure
Is the pleasure which follows misery.
The pleasure and misery of mankind
Revolve like a wheel.
—Nagarjuna
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.
—Nagarjuna
Topics: Hatred, Hate
An anthill increases by accumulation. Medicine is consumed by distribution. That which is feared lessens by association. This is the thing to understand.
—Nagarjuna
Topics: Fear
This body, full of faults, has yet one great quality: whatever it encounters in this temporal life depends upon one’s actions.
—Nagarjuna
Topics: Action
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.
—Nagarjuna
He who knoweth the precepts by heart, but faileth to practice them, Is like unto one who lighteth a lamp and then shutteth his eyes.
—Nagarjuna
Of all possessions, contentedness is the best by far.
—Nagarjuna
Topics: Buddhism
Instruct yourself (more and more) in the highest morality.
—Nagarjuna
Topics: Buddhism
The teachings of elegant sayings
Should be collected when one can.
For the supreme gift of words of wisdom,
Any price will be paid.
—Nagarjuna
Topics: Words
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