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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... Lao Tzu . For Lao Tzu , human anguish was resolved by living in harmony with the underlying principle of the " Tao " or " Way . " He saw the strife and misery of the world as symp- toms of a society in which people had lost touch with ...
... Lao Tzu . For Lao Tzu , human anguish was resolved by living in harmony with the underlying principle of the " Tao " or " Way . " He saw the strife and misery of the world as symp- toms of a society in which people had lost touch with ...
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... Lao Tzu , does not entail achieving or accumulating anything , but rather " subtract- ing day by day " until one reaches a state of inactivity whereby " everything can be activated . " One hundred and fifty years later , the Taoist Chuang ...
... Lao Tzu , does not entail achieving or accumulating anything , but rather " subtract- ing day by day " until one reaches a state of inactivity whereby " everything can be activated . " One hundred and fifty years later , the Taoist Chuang ...
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... Lao Tzu composed the Tao Te Ching , he departed for the West to convert the " bar- barians . ” His travels brought him to India where he became the teacher of the young man who was to become the Bud- dha . According to some accounts Lao Tzu ...
... Lao Tzu composed the Tao Te Ching , he departed for the West to convert the " bar- barians . ” His travels brought him to India where he became the teacher of the young man who was to become the Bud- dha . According to some accounts Lao Tzu ...
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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