Siddha Nagarjuna
Siddha Nagarjuna
Siddha Nagarjuna quotes about
void dependent
Because there are no phenomena which are not dependent arisings, there are no phenomena which are not void.
children yoga compassion
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.
spiritual buddhist teaching
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.
spiritual buddhist offering
Even offering three hundred bowls of food three times a day does not match the spiritual merit gained in one moment of love.
buddhist philosophy essence
All philosophies are mental fabrications. There has never been a single doctrine by which one could enter the true essence of things.
helping-others effort praise
So, to praise others for their virtues - Can but encourage one's own efforts
real war enemy
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.
love arise profundity
In peace there is profundity from which the highest respect arises from respect comes power and command therefore observe peace.
learning desire ease
If you desire ease, forsake learning.
moving rivers together
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.
vegetarianism harm injured
One who kill, own life will be shortened; One who harms, will be injured even more
teaching words-of-wisdom should
The teachings of elegant sayings Should be collected when one can. For the supreme gift of words of wisdom, Any price will be paid.
compassion essence practice
Just as the grammarian makes one study grammar, A Buddha teaches according to the tolerance of his students; Some he urges to refrain from sins, others to do good, Some to rely on dualism, other on non-dualism; And to some he teaches the profound, The terrifying, the practice of enlightenment, Whose essence is emptiness that is compassion
peace honey bees
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.