All philosophies are mental fabrications. There has never been a single doctrine by which one could enter the true essence of things.

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.

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.

All philosophies are mental fabrications. There has never been a single doctrine by which one could enter the true essence of things.

Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.

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

The misery which follows pleasure is the pleasure which follows misery. The pleasure and misery of mankind revolve like a wheel.