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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... 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 the elixir of ...
... 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 the elixir of ...
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... Tsongkhapa insisted that emptiness was simply the absence of such a sense of “ inherent exis- tence . " Rather than representing a doorway that opens to a mystical , transcendent sphere hidden beneath the sur- face of everyday reality ...
... Tsongkhapa insisted that emptiness was simply the absence of such a sense of “ inherent exis- tence . " Rather than representing a doorway that opens to a mystical , transcendent sphere hidden beneath the sur- face of everyday reality ...
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... Tsongkhapa's nephew and disciple Gendun Drup ( the First Dalai Lama ) , which systemati- cally converts each verse of Verses from the Center into the form of a logical syllogism . By the time Ngawang Gyatso , the Fifth Dalai Lama ...
... Tsongkhapa's nephew and disciple Gendun Drup ( the First Dalai Lama ) , which systemati- cally converts each verse of Verses from the Center into the form of a logical syllogism . By the time Ngawang Gyatso , the Fifth Dalai Lama ...
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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