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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... Tibetan lamas such as Tsongkhapa believed that Nagarjuna had still been alive in India shortly before Buddhism became the established religion of Tibet in the eighth century . Nagarjuna's six- hundred - year career ( made possible by ...
... Tibetan lamas such as Tsongkhapa believed that Nagarjuna had still been alive in India shortly before Buddhism became the established religion of Tibet in the eighth century . Nagarjuna's six- hundred - year career ( made possible by ...
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... Tibet in 1642 , Tsongkhapa's Geluk Order had become the state religion and Chandrakirti's Centrism the state philosophy . One hundred and fifty years later , at the beginning of the nineteenth century , a counter - movement to Geluk ...
... Tibet in 1642 , Tsongkhapa's Geluk Order had become the state religion and Chandrakirti's Centrism the state philosophy . One hundred and fifty years later , at the beginning of the nineteenth century , a counter - movement to Geluk ...
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... Tibetan by Garfield ( see above and below ) . Tr . Lozang Jamspal , Ngawang Samten Chophel , Peter Della Santina ... Tibet by Bu - ston . Delhi : Sri Satguru , 1986 ( first published 1932 ) . Rabten , Geshe . Tr . Stephen Batchelor ...
... Tibetan by Garfield ( see above and below ) . Tr . Lozang Jamspal , Ngawang Samten Chophel , Peter Della Santina ... Tibet by Bu - ston . Delhi : Sri Satguru , 1986 ( first published 1932 ) . Rabten , Geshe . Tr . Stephen Batchelor ...
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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