If you desire ease, forsake learning. If you desire learnin… - Nagarjuna

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

Nagarjuna

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Nāgārjuna (c. 150 – 250), sometimes called the "second Buddha" in Tibetan and East Asian Mahayana traditions, was an Indian Buddhist monk and philosopher. He systematized Mahayana Buddhist philosophy around the central concept of the emptiness (shunyata) of all existents (dharmas).

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Alternative Names: Nāgajjuna Bhikkhu • Nāgārjunācārya • Nāgārjuna Bodhisattva • Aacharya Nagarjuna • Nagarjun • Nagarjunacharya • Naga Arjuna • Nāgārjuna

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