Verses from the Center: A Buddhist Vision of the SublimeThe understanding of the nature of reality is the insight upon which the Buddha was able to achieve his own enlightenment. This vision of the sublime is the source of all that is enigmatic and paradoxical about Buddhism. In Verses from the Center, Stephen Batchelor explores the history of this concept and provides readers with translations of the most important poems ever written on the subject, the poems of 2nd century philosopher Nagarjuna. |
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A Buddhist Vision of the Sublime Nāgārjuna, Stephen Batchelor. Anguish If anguish created itself , It would not be contingent , For the pain depends On what I'm doing now . Were it other than me And I other than it , The pain would be ...
A Buddhist Vision of the Sublime Nāgārjuna, Stephen Batchelor. Anguish If anguish created itself , It would not be contingent , For the pain depends On what I'm doing now . Were it other than me And I other than it , The pain would be ...
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A Buddhist Vision of the Sublime Nāgārjuna, Stephen Batchelor. Anguish is not caused by me . How can it be caused by you ? Anguish caused by you Is caused by your me too . Suffering is not caused by me , For I do not cause myself . If ...
A Buddhist Vision of the Sublime Nāgārjuna, Stephen Batchelor. Anguish is not caused by me . How can it be caused by you ? Anguish caused by you Is caused by your me too . Suffering is not caused by me , For I do not cause myself . If ...
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... Anguish emerges when someone is born . Impulsive acts are the root of life . Fools are impulsive ; The wise see things as they are . When confusion stops through insight , Impulsive acts cease . Stop this and that will not happen : Anguish ...
... Anguish emerges when someone is born . Impulsive acts are the root of life . Fools are impulsive ; The wise see things as they are . When confusion stops through insight , Impulsive acts cease . Stop this and that will not happen : Anguish ...
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Verses from the Center: A Buddhist Vision of the Sublime Stephen Batchelor No preview available - 2001 |
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abiding in emptiness acts addictions anguish appear awakening birth Blue Cliff Record Bodhidharma bodhisattva body Buddhanature Buddhist Buddhist tradition cause Center Ch'an China Chuang Tzu ciphr cling Coleridge compulsive confusion consciousness craving create depend described dharma doctrines Dogen Dzogchen ease Emperor Wu entails ephemeral essence eternity everything existential experience feel fire flames forever fused freedom Gautama Geluk HSI-T'ANG Hui-neng human idea India insight into contingency insist intuiting John Keats juna Katyayana Keats know emptiness Kumarajiva lamas language Lao Tzu letting go living Mahayana mangos meditation metaphysical middle monk moral naga Nagar Nagarjuna Nagarjuna's Verses Nagarjuna's vision nature ness never nirvana notion one's oneself path person pristine awareness recognizes reveals sage Sanskrit seed sense Shabkar Shantideva SHIH-KUNG sublime tantric Taoist teachings things thoughts Tibet Tibetan tion trace of emptiness translation of MMK truths Tsongkhapa understanding of emptiness unfold unreal Vacchagotta walker walking Wisdom Discourses words