Akkineni Nagarjuna Quotes

Great compassion penetrates into the marrow of the bone. It is the support of all living beings. Like the love of a parent for an only child, the tenderness of the Compassionate One is all-pervasive.

The Buddha taught some people the teachings of duality that help them avoid sin and acquire spiritual merit. To others he taught non-duality, that some find profoundly frightening.

Someone who has acted carelessly, But later becomes careful and attentive, Is as beautiful as the bright moon emerging from the clouds.

Without hope of reward Provide help to others. Bear suffering alone, And share your pleasures with beggars.

Ultimate serenity is the coming to rest of all ways of taking things, the repose of named things; no truth has been taught by a Buddha for anyone, anywhere.

My acts are irrevocableBecause they have no essence…Where are the doers of deedsAbsent among their conditions?Imagine a magicianWho creates a creatureWho creates other creatures.Acts I perform are creaturesWho create others.

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.

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?

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.

True knowledge is a virtue of the talented, but harmful to those without discernment. Spring water free of impurity, entering the ocean, becomes undrinkable.

That which arises dependent on something is not in the least that thing, neither is it different from it. Therefore, it is neither permanent or nothing.

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.