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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 4
Page 35
... to love the world entails disappearing into its midst to become no one . Shantideva was not alone at this period in his rejection of institutional monasticism . A monk rising to preemi- nence VERSES FROM THE CENTER 35.
... to love the world entails disappearing into its midst to become no one . Shantideva was not alone at this period in his rejection of institutional monasticism . A monk rising to preemi- nence VERSES FROM THE CENTER 35.
Page 117
... . Why configure time you cannot grasp ? If time depends on things , How could I ever have Time apart from things ? Without things how can time persist ? Disappearance When you disappear , You do not appear or VERSES FROM THE CENTER 117 ...
... . Why configure time you cannot grasp ? If time depends on things , How could I ever have Time apart from things ? Without things how can time persist ? Disappearance When you disappear , You do not appear or VERSES FROM THE CENTER 117 ...
Page 118
... disappear nor fail to disappear . How can I disappear Without appearing ? Can I die and not be born ? What disappears appears . Can I disappear and appear at once ? Do I die the moment I am born ? Can I appear and disappear at once ? Am ...
... disappear nor fail to disappear . How can I disappear Without appearing ? Can I die and not be born ? What disappears appears . Can I disappear and appear at once ? Do I die the moment I am born ? Can I appear and disappear at once ? Am ...
Other editions - View all
Verses from the Center: A Buddhist Vision of the Sublime Stephen Batchelor No preview available - 2001 |
Common terms and phrases
actors addictions anguish appear Awakening MMK Batchelor birth Blue Cliff Record Bodhidharma bodhisattva body born Buddha Buddhanature cause Center Ch'an chapter China Chuang Tzu cling Coleridge compulsive acts consciousness Contingency is emptiness craving depend dharma disappear doctrine Dogen Dzogchen ease entails ephemeral essence eternity everything existential experience feel fire fixations flames forever fused freedom Gautama Geluk Geshe Rabten grasp Hui-neng India Intuitions John Keats juna Katyayana Keats know emptiness Kumarajiva language Lao Tzu letting go living Mahayana mangos meditation Middle Length Discourses mind and matter monk Mūlamadhyamakakārikā Nāga Nagar Nagarjuna Nagarjuna's Verses Nagarjuna's vision nature ness never nirvana Ocean of Reason one's oneself pain person pristine awareness recognizes reveals sage Sanskrit sense Shabkar Shantideva SHIH-KUNG Singhasattva Stephen Batchelor stops sublime Sutta Taoist teaching things Tibet Tibetan tion trace of emptiness translation of MMK truths Tsongkhapa unfold unreal acts walker walking Wisdom Discourses words