Nāgārjuna Quotes

Just as it is knownThat an image of one's face is seenDepending on a mirrorBut does not really exist as a face,So the conception of I existsDependent on mind and body,But like the image of a faceThe I does not at all exist as its own reality.

~ Nāgārjuna

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.

~ Nāgārjuna

The victorious ones have saidThat emptiness is the relinquishing of all views.For whomever emptiness is a view,That one has achieved nothing.

~ Nāgārjuna

If you desire ease, forsake learning.

~ Nāgārjuna

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.

~ Nāgārjuna