Nagarjuna quotes

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. (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. View quote
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Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves. View quote
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The science, which teaches arts and handicrafts Is merely science for the gaining of a living; But the science which teaches deliverance from worldly existence, Is not that the true science? View quote
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Even three times a day to offer Three hundred cooking pots of food Does not match a portion of the merit In one instant of love. View quote
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To those possessed of breeding, learning, handsome looks, Who have no wisdom, neither discipline, you need not bow. But those who do have these two qualities, Though lacking other virtues, you should revere. View quote
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If you desire ease, forsake learning. If you desire learning, forsake ease. How can the man at his ease acquire knowledge, And how can the earnest student enjoy ease? View quote
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Even if you seek to harm an enemy, You should remove your own defects and cultivate good qualities. Through that you will help yourself, And the enemy will be displeased. View quote
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Due to having faith one relies on the practices, Due to having wisdom one truly knows. Of these two wisdom is the chief, Faith is its prerequisite. View quote
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If you think you see both Destruction and becoming, Then you see destruction and becoming Through impaired vision. View quote
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I, without grasping will pass beyond sorrow, And I will attain nirvāṇa, one says. Whoever grasps like this Has great grasping. (Nagarjuna)
The logs of wood which move down the river together Are driven apart by every wave. Such inevitable parting Should not be the cause of misery. View quote
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Without hope of reward Provide help to others. Bear suffering alone, And share your pleasures with beggars. View quote
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If you desire ease, forsake learning. View quote
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I am not, I will not be. I have not, I will not have. View quote
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So, to praise others for their virtues - Can but encourage one's own efforts. View quote
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No suffering is self-caused. Nothing causes itself. If another is not self-made, How could suffering be caused by another? If suffering were caused by each, Suffering could be caused by both. Not caused by self or by other, How could suffering be uncaused? View quote
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"I am not, I will not be. I have not, I will not have." That frightens all the childish And extinguishes fear in the wise. View quote
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