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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... feel just as I do . When both they and I Are the same in wanting joy And not desiring pain , What is so special ... feeling is revealed that only conventionally can be segregated into " my " suffering as opposed to " yours . " In this ...
... feel just as I do . When both they and I Are the same in wanting joy And not desiring pain , What is so special ... feeling is revealed that only conventionally can be segregated into " my " suffering as opposed to " yours . " In this ...
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... feels able to manage whatever boring , desir- able or terrifying situations face one . Whatever survival advantages ... feel abandoned , cast out of the Garden of Eden , lonely , fragmented , alienated , or trapped in a beginning- less ...
... feels able to manage whatever boring , desir- able or terrifying situations face one . Whatever survival advantages ... feel abandoned , cast out of the Garden of Eden , lonely , fragmented , alienated , or trapped in a beginning- less ...
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... feel ? If not , how could I see and taste and feel ? How can I know if I'm already here or not ? If I were here without them , They could be here without me . I reveal them and they reveal me . How can I be here without them ? How can ...
... feel ? If not , how could I see and taste and feel ? How can I know if I'm already here or not ? If I were here without them , They could be here without me . I reveal them and they reveal me . How can I be here without them ? How can ...
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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