As the worth of gold and silver is to be determined through the test of melting and the greatness of an elephant through that of battle , so too writes Sakya Pandit, a learned man may be known and valued by his composition of elegant sayings. This volume offers to readers the wit and the wisdom of the Buddhist philosopher Nagarjuna, and the Tibetan scholar, Sakya Pandit. The reader will taste many flavors in these sayings, from the snap and the pith of folk humor to the shrewd and cultivated bite of courtly knowledge, from apt pronouncements of Buddhist teachings to the sublime openings of great poetry.
There is no ornament like virtue, There is no misery like worry, There is no protection like patience, There is no friend equal to generosity.

Elegant Sayings, Nagarjuna and Sakya Pandit, Dharma Publishing, 114 pages,$12.95