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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... know emptiness is a perfect grass . This emptiness is bound to bloom , like hundreds of grasses blossoming . . . . Seeing a dazzling variety of the flowers of emptiness , we surmise an infinity of the fruits of emptiness . We observe ...
... know emptiness is a perfect grass . This emptiness is bound to bloom , like hundreds of grasses blossoming . . . . Seeing a dazzling variety of the flowers of emptiness , we surmise an infinity of the fruits of emptiness . We observe ...
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... emptiness . " To recognize that things are contingent is the key to understanding what it means for them to be empty ... know emptiness is not to negate these things but to be dumbfounded by the sheer fecundity of life . 11 IN THE HOMAGE ...
... emptiness . " To recognize that things are contingent is the key to understanding what it means for them to be empty ... know emptiness is not to negate these things but to be dumbfounded by the sheer fecundity of life . 11 IN THE HOMAGE ...
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... empty . Those who know emptiness are consci- entious . " This does not mean that emptiness miraculously grants one knowledge of what is the right or wrong thing to do when faced with a moral dilemma . The freedom of emptiness makes one ...
... empty . Those who know emptiness are consci- entious . " This does not mean that emptiness miraculously grants one knowledge of what is the right or wrong thing to do when faced with a moral dilemma . The freedom of emptiness makes one ...
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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