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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... craving that generate anguish . To suggest the way to such sublime freedom , the Buddha spoke of " emptiness . " In reply to the question , “ What is liberation of mind through emptiness ?, " an early Buddhist discourse describes how a ...
... craving that generate anguish . To suggest the way to such sublime freedom , the Buddha spoke of " emptiness . " In reply to the question , “ What is liberation of mind through emptiness ?, " an early Buddhist discourse describes how a ...
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... craving for exis- tential security literalizes it into a real , discrete thing . Fixations about self and things sustain the largely unconscious holding pattern in which we hover above the world of immediate experience . Although ...
... craving for exis- tential security literalizes it into a real , discrete thing . Fixations about self and things sustain the largely unconscious holding pattern in which we hover above the world of immediate experience . Although ...
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... crave to have and avoid . Craving makes me cling At senses , opinions , rules and selves . Clinging is to insist on being someone— Not to cling is to be free to be no one . To be someone is to be a conscious , Impulsive , thinking ...
... crave to have and avoid . Craving makes me cling At senses , opinions , rules and selves . Clinging is to insist on being someone— Not to cling is to be free to be no one . To be someone is to be a conscious , Impulsive , thinking ...
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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