Nagarjuna Quotes

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Even three times a day to offer
Three hundred cooking pots of food
Does not match a portion of the merit
In one instant of love.

Nagarjuna

The doctrine of the Buddha is taught with reference to two truths—conventional truth and ultimate truth.
Those who do not understand the difference between these two truths do not understand the profound essence of the doctrine of the Buddha.

Nagarjuna

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.

Nagarjuna

The science, which teaches arts and handicrafts
Is merely science for the gaining of a living;
But the science which teaches deliverance from worldly existence,
Is not that the true science?

Nagarjuna

No suffering is self-caused.
Nothing causes itself.
If another is not self-made,
How could suffering be caused by another?

If suffering were caused by each,
Suffering could be caused by both.
Not caused by self or by other,
How could suffering be uncaused?

Nagarjuna

If you desire ease, forsake learning.
If you desire learning, forsake ease.
How can the man at his ease acquire knowledge,
And how can the earnest student enjoy ease?

Nagarjuna

Nagarjuna

Nagarjuna

Born: 150

Died: 250 (aged 100)

Bio: Nāgārjuna is widely considered one of the most important Buddhist philosophers after Gautama Buddha. Along with his disciple Āryadeva, he is considered to be the founder of the Madhyamaka school of Mahāyāna Buddhism.

Known for:

Mulamadhyamakakarika
The Dialectical Method of Nagarjuna
In Praise of Dharmadhatu
Golden zephyr
Master of wisdom

Nagarjuna on Wikipedia

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