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

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.

A highly learned man has two sources of happiness: either he abandons all earthly interests, or else he possesses much which could be abandoned.

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.

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

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.