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Nagarjuna Quotes
kun
rdzob stong pa nyid du bshad/ / stong
pa kho na kun rdzob yin/ / med
na mi 'byung nges pa'i phyir/ / byas
dang mi rtag ji bzhin no/ / The relative
is stated to be emptiness, And emptiness
itself is but the relative. Without the
first, the second is not present, Just as with
creation and impermanence. Commentary
on Bodhicitta, verse 68 The first, eighth
and ninth are afflictions, The second and
tenth are karma, The remaining
seven are suffering. Thus the twelve
links are grouped in three. Heart of
Dependent Origination, verse 2 From the three
the two originate, And from the
two the seven come, From seven the
three come once again— Thus the wheel
of existence turns and turns. Heart of
Dependent Origination, verse 3 Like a recitation,
a candle, a mirror, a seal, A magnifying
glass, a seed, sourness, or a sound, So also with
the continuation of the aggregates— The wise should
know they are not transferred. Heart of
Dependent Origination, verse 5 Desire, hatred
and ignorance, And the actions
they generate are non-virtues. Non-desire,
non-hatred, non-ignorance, And the actions
they generate are virtues. Jewel Garland,
verse 20 As long as the
aggregates are conceived, There will be
a conception of “I”, And when there
is a conception of “I”, There’s
karma, and from that, rebirth. Jewel Garland,
verse 35 Causes of death
are numerous; While causes
of life are few indeed, And even those
may cause death, So practise
Dharma at all times.[i] Jewel Garland,
verse 278 Someone who
acted carelessly in the past And then becomes
careful and attentive, Is as beautiful
as the moon emerging from the clouds, Like Nanda,
Angulimāla, Darśaka and Śankara. Letter to
a Friend, verse 14 Not with feelings
of attachment or aversion, Or out of conceit
and pride in your appearance, Or a wish to
gain weight; eat only to sustain the body. Letter to
a Friend, verse 38 This life is
subject to many dangers, And as fragile
as a bubble in the wind, While we sleep
we breathe in and out, And it is wondrous
that we wake again! Letter to
a Friend, verse 55 Even more stupid
than one who cleans up vomit Using a golden
vase bedecked with jewels, Is the one who,
having been born a human, Devotes his
life to comitting harmful deeds. Letter to
a Friend, verse 60 There is not
enough soil in the world to make a tiny pellet, The size of
a juniper berry, for each of your past mothers. Letter to
a Friend, verse 68b The ceasing
of his breath is all that separates An evildoer
from hell’s boundless suffering. Anyone who hears
this yet remains unmoved Must have a
mind as hard as a diamond. Letter to
a Friend, verse 83 And if just
seeing pictures of the hells, or hearing, Reading and
thinking about them brings such terror, What will you
do when you experience there The unbearable
effects of your past actions? Letter to
a Friend, verse 84 Interdependent
origination is a most profound And cherished
treasure among Buddha’s teaching. Anyone who understands
it correctly, Will see the
Dharma and see the Buddha. Letter to
a Friend, verse 112 Just as on the
fourteenth day of waning, The moon is
barely visible at all, For those first
practising with aspiration, The dharmakaya
barely appears. Praise of
the Dharmadhatu, verse 74 Just as the
waxing moon Grows larger
day by day, Those who’ve
reached the bhumis See the dharmakaya
more and more. Praise of
the Dharmadhatu, verse 75 If I had a position, Then I would
be at fault, But because
I have no position, I can only be
without fault. Refutation
of Objections, verse 29 To whomever
emptiness is possible, All things are
possible. To whomever
emptiness is not possible, Nothing is possible. Refutation
of Objections, verse 71 To the one who
taught this excellent teaching, In which emptiness
and dependent origination, Are united in
a Middle Way— To the Buddha,
I pay homage. Refutation
of Objections, verse 72 Everything that
arises interdependently Is unceasing
and unborn, Neither non-existent
nor everlasting, Neither coming
nor going, Neither multiple
nor single, To this teaching
that pacifies all complexity, The most sacred
speech of the perfect Buddha, I pay homage! Root Verses
of the Middle Way Not from itself,
nor from another, Not from both,
nor without a cause, Does anything
anywhere ever arise. Root Verses
of the Middle Way, I, 1 If there were
the slightest thing which were not empty, Then there would
be that much emptiness as well, But if there
is not the slightest thing which is not empty How could emptiness
exist? Root Verses
of the Middle Way, XIII, 7 The victorious
ones say that emptiness Undermines all
dogmatic views, Those who take
a dogmatic view of emptiness Are said to
be incurable. Root Verses
of the Middle Way, XIII, 8 To say “it
is” is a conception of permanence, To say “it
is not” is a view of nihilism, Therefore the
learned should not dwell In either existence
or non-existence. Root Verses
of the Middle Way, XV, 10 In a land where
the perfect buddhas have not come, And the śrāvakas
too are nowhere to be found, The wisdom of
the pratyekabuddhas Develops perfectly
without reliance. Root Verses
of the Middle Way, XVIII, 12 The teachings
taught by the buddhas Entirely depend
on the two truths: The relative
truth of the world and The truth of
the ultimate meaning. Root Verses
of the Middle Way, XXIV, 8 Those who fail
to understand The distinctions
between these two truths Will fail to
understand the meaning Of the profound
teachings of the buddhas. Root Verses
of the Middle Way, XXIV, 9 Without relying
on the conventional, The ultimate
meaning will not be realized, And if one does
not realize the ultimate, One will not
attain nirvāna. Root Verses
of the Middle Way, XXIV, 10 If they view
emptiness in the wrong way, The less intelligent
will be ruined, Like someone
mishandling a poisonous snake, Or chanting
a powerful spell incorrectly. Root Verses
of the Middle Way, XXIV, 11 There is not
a single thing That does not
arise interdependently. Therefore there
is not a single thing That is not
emptiness. Root Verses
of the Middle Way, XXIV, 19 I prostrate
to Gautama, Who, out of
compassion, Taught the sacred
Dharma That leads to
the relinquishing of all views.[ii] Root Verses
of the Middle Way The wise do
not make many promises, But once they
have committed themselves, Then, as if
the pledge were carved in stone, Even in the
face of death, they will not fail. Staff of
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