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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... cause myself ? Who am I if I can feel The suffering you create ? Can I be apart From pain you cause me ? Who are you who hurt me ? How can you be apart From pain you cause me ? Anguish is not caused by me . How can it VERSES FROM THE ...
... cause myself ? Who am I if I can feel The suffering you create ? Can I be apart From pain you cause me ? Who are you who hurt me ? How can you be apart From pain you cause me ? Anguish is not caused by me . How can it VERSES FROM THE ...
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... caused by you ? Anguish caused by you Is caused by your me too . Suffering is not caused by me , For I do not cause myself . If uncaused by another me , How could it be caused by you ? If both of us cause pain , Would not it be caused ...
... caused by you ? Anguish caused by you Is caused by your me too . Suffering is not caused by me , For I do not cause myself . If uncaused by another me , How could it be caused by you ? If both of us cause pain , Would not it be caused ...
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... cause . If , when causes stop , They are transferred to their fruits , Seeds created before Would be created again . How can mangos appear From the vanishing of their seed ? How can they appear While their seed is present ? How can they ...
... cause . If , when causes stop , They are transferred to their fruits , Seeds created before Would be created again . How can mangos appear From the vanishing of their seed ? How can they appear While their seed is present ? How can they ...
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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