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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.”
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“It is not God that is worshipped but the authority that claims to speak in His name. Sin becomes disobedience to authority not violation of integrity.”
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“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.”
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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.”
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“The victorious ones have said
That emptiness is the relinquishing of all views.
For whomever emptiness is a view,
That one has achieved nothing.”
― The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way: Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā
That emptiness is the relinquishing of all views.
For whomever emptiness is a view,
That one has achieved nothing.”
― The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way: Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā
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