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.
Akkineni NagarjunaThat 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.
Akkineni NagarjunaAll philosophies are mental fabrications. There has never been a single doctrine by which one could enter the true essence of things.
Akkineni NagarjunaEven offering three hundred bowls of food three times a day does not match the spiritual merit gained in one moment of love.
Akkineni Nagarjuna