Neither from Itself nor from Another

Neither from Itself nor from Another

Neither from itself nor from another, 
Nor from both,
Nor without a cause,
Does anything whatever, anywhere arise.
-Nagarjuna, Mulamadhyamaka-Karika

From "365 Buddha: Daily Meditations," edited by Jeff Schmidt. Reprinted by arrangement with Tarcher/Putnam, a division of Penguin Putnam Inc.

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