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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... existential questions of birth , sickness , aging and death . This quest culminated in an awakening that revealed to him how human anguish is rooted in con- fusion and craving . The teachings he gave for the VERSES FROM THE CENTER 7 Birth.
... existential questions of birth , sickness , aging and death . This quest culminated in an awakening that revealed to him how human anguish is rooted in con- fusion and craving . The teachings he gave for the VERSES FROM THE CENTER 7 Birth.
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... existential unease . " Fixation " describes the common existential reaction to finding oneself in an unpredictable world . All that is certain in this world is that at some unspecified time one will die . As a means of coping with the ...
... existential unease . " Fixation " describes the common existential reaction to finding oneself in an unpredictable world . All that is certain in this world is that at some unspecified time one will die . As a means of coping with the ...
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... existential insight into contingency is tantamount to understanding the four ennobling truths , which Buddhist tradition regards as the components of awakening . " To see contingency , " says Nagarjuna , " is to see / Anguish and its ...
... existential insight into contingency is tantamount to understanding the four ennobling truths , which Buddhist tradition regards as the components of awakening . " To see contingency , " says Nagarjuna , " is to see / Anguish and its ...
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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