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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... freedom of movement across a terrain , so emptiness is nothing but a space cleared of those fixations that prevent freedom of movement through the dilemmas and ambiguities of life . To follow the track of emptiness is to discern the ...
... freedom of movement across a terrain , so emptiness is nothing but a space cleared of those fixations that prevent freedom of movement through the dilemmas and ambiguities of life . To follow the track of emptiness is to discern the ...
Page 77
... freedom " and " nirvana ” denote , for Nagarjuna , different facets of this dimension of depth . Access to this ... freedom that cannot be pinned down in either time or space , prompting Nagarjuna to ask What do you think Of a freedom ...
... freedom " and " nirvana ” denote , for Nagarjuna , different facets of this dimension of depth . Access to this ... freedom that cannot be pinned down in either time or space , prompting Nagarjuna to ask What do you think Of a freedom ...
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... freedom and ease . This experience does not , however , leave one suspended in a vacuum of moral indifference . In ... freedom of emptiness makes one aware of a freedom of choice , for in emptiness one is free — even if only momentarily ...
... freedom and ease . This experience does not , however , leave one suspended in a vacuum of moral indifference . In ... freedom of emptiness makes one aware of a freedom of choice , for in emptiness one is free — even if only momentarily ...
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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