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It is not because they run out of sky that birds turn back,<br />
It is not because they run out of sky that birds turn back;<br />
It is because they lack the strength to keep on flying.<br />
It is because they lack the strength to keep on flying.<br />
Just so, the śrāvaka disciples and the bodhisattvas,<br />
Just so, the [[shravaka]] disciples and the [[bodhisattva]]s,<br />
Can not express Buddha’s qualities, as infinite as space.<br />
Can not express [[Buddha]]’s qualities, as infinite as space.<br />
:::''[[Chandrakirti|Candrakīrti]]'', ''[[Introduction to the Middle Way]]'', XI, 41
:::''[[Chandrakirti|Candrakīrti]]'', ''[[Introduction to the Middle Way]]'', XI, 41
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It is not because they run out of sky that birds turn back;
It is because they lack the strength to keep on flying.
Just so, the śrāvaka disciples and the bodhisattvas
Cannot express Buddha’s qualities, as infinite as space.
Chapter 11, verse 41

Revision as of 17:31, 7 October 2025

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ཡོན་ཏན་མཁའ་ལྟར་མཐའ་ཡས་མ་བརྗོད་ལྡོག་པར་འགྱུར། །

It is not because they run out of sky that birds turn back;
It is because they lack the strength to keep on flying.
Just so, the shravaka disciples and the bodhisattvas,
Can not express Buddha’s qualities, as infinite as space.

Candrakīrti, Introduction to the Middle Way, XI, 41

It is not because they run out of sky that birds turn back; It is because they lack the strength to keep on flying. Just so, the śrāvaka disciples and the bodhisattvas Cannot express Buddha’s qualities, as infinite as space.

Chapter 11, verse 41