There is pleasure when a sore is scratched, But to be witho… - Nagarjuna

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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.

Nagarjuna

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About Nagarjuna

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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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.

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I have not, I will not have."
That frightens all the childish
And extinguishes fear in the wise.

If you think you see both
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Then you see destruction and becoming
Through impaired vision.

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 t… - Nagarjuna

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