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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... idea of contingency can suggest a relationship between sepa- rate things : one depended on and the other doing the depending . He concludes : Flames do not depend on fires Nor are they independent of them . Fires do not depend on flames ...
... idea of contingency can suggest a relationship between sepa- rate things : one depended on and the other doing the depending . He concludes : Flames do not depend on fires Nor are they independent of them . Fires do not depend on flames ...
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... ideas of the past and future , the idea of the present evaporates as well . " If life has no beginning and no end , / No before and no after , " asks Nagarjuna , " How can it be centered in a present ? " Much of Verses from the Center ...
... ideas of the past and future , the idea of the present evaporates as well . " If life has no beginning and no end , / No before and no after , " asks Nagarjuna , " How can it be centered in a present ? " Much of Verses from the Center ...
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... Ideas of the Sub- lime and Beautiful ( 1757 ) and Immanuel Kant's Critique of Aes- thetic Judgement ( 1790 ) . Burke ... idea of the sublime . p . 49 ... like a lion pierced deeply in the heart ... Ashvaghosa . Buddhacarita V : 1 . For a ...
... Ideas of the Sub- lime and Beautiful ( 1757 ) and Immanuel Kant's Critique of Aes- thetic Judgement ( 1790 ) . Burke ... idea of the sublime . p . 49 ... like a lion pierced deeply in the heart ... Ashvaghosa . Buddhacarita V : 1 . For a ...
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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