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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... Living in a traditional society in ancient India , he studies what is close at hand : the plants that grow around him , the fires that flicker in the dark- as well as his own contemplative experience of walking , seeing , desiring ...
... Living in a traditional society in ancient India , he studies what is close at hand : the plants that grow around him , the fires that flicker in the dark- as well as his own contemplative experience of walking , seeing , desiring ...
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... living . As strategies they are irreducible to simple definitions . They encompass the complex ways in which we view the world , the values we seek to uphold , the livelihoods in which we are engaged , as well as the social and ...
... living . As strategies they are irreducible to simple definitions . They encompass the complex ways in which we view the world , the values we seek to uphold , the livelihoods in which we are engaged , as well as the social and ...
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... living contours of contingency as they unfold from moment to moment . The trick is to stumble across one of these pathways in the first place . No matter how much you have thought about emptiness , the living experience of it may have ...
... living contours of contingency as they unfold from moment to moment . The trick is to stumble across one of these pathways in the first place . No matter how much you have thought about emptiness , the living experience of it may have ...
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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