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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... Nagarjuna's central and much - misunderstood idea of " emptiness " in the wider context of Buddhist , Taoist and Western traditions and offers a contemporary interpreta- tion of Nagarjuna's vision . This introductory essay is fol- lowed ...
... Nagarjuna's central and much - misunderstood idea of " emptiness " in the wider context of Buddhist , Taoist and Western traditions and offers a contemporary interpreta- tion of Nagarjuna's vision . This introductory essay is fol- lowed ...
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... Nagarjuna's Verses from the Center , these words are one of the most suc- cinct syntheses of Nagarjuna's vision . And irrespective of whether Nagarjuna saw himself as a patriarch of the Zen tradition , to listen to him as a Zen master ...
... Nagarjuna's Verses from the Center , these words are one of the most suc- cinct syntheses of Nagarjuna's vision . And irrespective of whether Nagarjuna saw himself as a patriarch of the Zen tradition , to listen to him as a Zen master ...
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... Nagarjuna's vision is one of uncompromising imma- nence . What keeps one locked in repetitive cycles of anguish has nothing to do with being cut off from a tran- scendent God or Absolute or Mind . The classical Bud- dhist notions of ...
... Nagarjuna's vision is one of uncompromising imma- nence . What keeps one locked in repetitive cycles of anguish has nothing to do with being cut off from a tran- scendent God or Absolute or Mind . The classical Bud- dhist notions of ...
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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