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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... Keats described Shakespeare as “ the least of an egoist that it was possible to be . He was nothing in himself ; but he was all that oth- ers were , or that they could become . " Later the same year , in a letter to a friend , Keats ...
... Keats described Shakespeare as “ the least of an egoist that it was possible to be . He was nothing in himself ; but he was all that oth- ers were , or that they could become . " Later the same year , in a letter to a friend , Keats ...
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... Keats may have developed the idea of negative capabil- ity from his elder contemporary Samuel Taylor Coleridge , a poet whose intellectual brilliance , chaotic private life and drug addiction made him the dark genius of the En- glish ...
... Keats may have developed the idea of negative capabil- ity from his elder contemporary Samuel Taylor Coleridge , a poet whose intellectual brilliance , chaotic private life and drug addiction made him the dark genius of the En- glish ...
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... Keats , 40-1 . p . 45. . . a Ch'an / Zen practice in which the medi- tator settles into a state of perplexity ... See Batchelor , The Faith to Doubt , 19-58 . p . 46 . . . suspension of the Act of Comparison .. Quoted in Holmes ...
... Keats , 40-1 . p . 45. . . a Ch'an / Zen practice in which the medi- tator settles into a state of perplexity ... See Batchelor , The Faith to Doubt , 19-58 . p . 46 . . . suspension of the Act of Comparison .. Quoted in Holmes ...
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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