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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... Dogen , all things " play in emptiness . " Every moment of sitting meditation is “ like a hammer striking emptiness " whose " exquisite peal permeates everywhere . " Nowhere is emptiness more apparent than in nature herself : You must ...
... Dogen , all things " play in emptiness . " Every moment of sitting meditation is “ like a hammer striking emptiness " whose " exquisite peal permeates everywhere . " Nowhere is emptiness more apparent than in nature herself : You must ...
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... Dogen , is to study oneself . To study oneself is to forget oneself . To forget oneself is to be awakened by all things . To be awakened by all things is to let body and mind of self and others fall away . Even the traces of awakening ...
... Dogen , is to study oneself . To study oneself is to forget oneself . To forget oneself is to be awakened by all things . To be awakened by all things is to let body and mind of self and others fall away . Even the traces of awakening ...
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... Dogen " forgetting oneself is to be awakened by all things . " For Shantideva , emptiness entails letting go of preoccupation with " self " to find oneself extended into a network of endless relationships with others . Shabkar ...
... Dogen " forgetting oneself is to be awakened by all things . " For Shantideva , emptiness entails letting go of preoccupation with " self " to find oneself extended into a network of endless relationships with others . Shabkar ...
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Verses from the Center: A Buddhist Vision of the Sublime Stephen Batchelor No preview available - 2001 |
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acts anguish appear awakening awareness became become begin believe birth body born Buddha Buddhist cause Center chapter China cling confusion consciousness contingency create death depend depth described dharma Discourses doctrines early ease emerge emptiness entails essence eternity everything exist experience feel fire fixations flames follow freedom fruits future grasp happen Hui-neng human idea identical includes India insight insist language later leads letting go liberation living Mahayana matter means middle mind monk moral moving Nagarjuna Nagarjuna's Verses nature ness never nirvana notion one's oneself opens opinions original pain past path person possible practice present questions reality realize recognizes reference response reveals Sanskrit seed sense Shantideva stops sublime suffering suggest teachings things thoughts Tibetan tion trace tradition translation translation of MMK truths Tsongkhapa turn understanding Verses vision walker walking Wisdom