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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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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