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“All philosophies are mental fabrications. There has never been a single doctrine by which one could enter the true essence of things.”
― Nagarjuna

“Just as it is known
That an image of one's face is seen
Depending on a mirror
But does not really exist as a face,
So the conception of "I" exists
Dependent on mind and body,
But like the image of a face
The "I" does not at all exist as its own reality.”
― Nagarjuna

“the whole world is cause and effect; excluding this, there is no sentient being. from factors which are empty, empty factors originate.

those who impute origination to even very subtle entities are unwise and have not seen the meaning of conditioned origination.

there is nothing to be denied and nothing to be affirmed. see the real correctly, for he who sees the real correctly is released”
― nagarjuna

“The pacification of all cognitive grasping and the pacification of conceptual proliferation are peace.”
― Nāgārjuna

“Neither from itself nor from another, nor from both, nor without a cause, does anything whatever, anywhere arise.”
― Nāgārjuna, The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way: Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā

“17. Error does not develop In one who is in error. Error does not develop In one who is not in error. 18. Error does not develop In one in whom error is arising. In whom does error develop? Examine this on your own!”
― Nāgārjuna, The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way: Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamakakarika