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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... in which Singhasattva andhiscompanions weretraveling wentdown ina storm onthe lake. They were rescued by maidens who tookthem home to their palace. Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion, appeared to Singhasattva towarn him ...
... in which Singhasattva andhiscompanions weretraveling wentdown ina storm onthe lake. They were rescued by maidens who tookthem home to their palace. Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion, appeared to Singhasattva towarn him ...
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... inwhich one aspires to live. Gautama encourages his monks notonly toliberate the mind through emptiness in a quiet forest, but also to dwell in emptiness when wandering throughvillages insearchof alms. Living in emptiness isequivalent ...
... inwhich one aspires to live. Gautama encourages his monks notonly toliberate the mind through emptiness in a quiet forest, but also to dwell in emptiness when wandering throughvillages insearchof alms. Living in emptiness isequivalent ...
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... in which people had lost touch with the naturalness and spontaneity ofthe Way. The fourth chapter of LaoTzu's Tao TeChing (The Way and its Power) describes the Way as: . . . an empty vessel That maybe drawn from Withoutever needing to ...
... in which people had lost touch with the naturalness and spontaneity ofthe Way. The fourth chapter of LaoTzu's Tao TeChing (The Way and its Power) describes the Way as: . . . an empty vessel That maybe drawn from Withoutever needing to ...
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... inwhich Gautama taught Mahayanadoctrines had, however, onlybeen preserved in nonhuman realms. Now,the Mahayanists believed,the time wasripe for their disseminationonearth. Nagarjuna wassufficiently inspired by thevision of these ...
... inwhich Gautama taught Mahayanadoctrines had, however, onlybeen preserved in nonhuman realms. Now,the Mahayanists believed,the time wasripe for their disseminationonearth. Nagarjuna wassufficiently inspired by thevision of these ...
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... in which Nagarjuna's renownbecame such that hewas invited bya king to participatein a contestofmagical powerswith a brahmin scholar.The brahmincreated a lake, seated himself ona giant lotus flower in thecenter of it and mockedNagarjuna ...
... in which Nagarjuna's renownbecame such that hewas invited bya king to participatein a contestofmagical powerswith a brahmin scholar.The brahmincreated a lake, seated himself ona giant lotus flower in thecenter of it and mockedNagarjuna ...
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