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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... nature , only to won- der in the next moment how he could not have one : If I had an essence , I would never cease to be me- My nature could never be anything else . If I had no essence , Whose nature would it be to be anything else ...
... nature , only to won- der in the next moment how he could not have one : If I had an essence , I would never cease to be me- My nature could never be anything else . If I had no essence , Whose nature would it be to be anything else ...
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... nature of its own ; If it did , how could it have a cause ? Deny emptiness and you deny The origins of suffering . If anguish existed by nature , How would it ever cease ? Absolute misery could never stop . How could you cultivate a ...
... nature of its own ; If it did , how could it have a cause ? Deny emptiness and you deny The origins of suffering . If anguish existed by nature , How would it ever cease ? Absolute misery could never stop . How could you cultivate a ...
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... nature be conditioned When conditions have no nature of their own ? How could it ever be my nature To be without conditions ? Combination If fruits are in the seed , Why would 146 APPENDIX.
... nature be conditioned When conditions have no nature of their own ? How could it ever be my nature To be without conditions ? Combination If fruits are in the seed , Why would 146 APPENDIX.
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actors addictions anguish appear Awakening MMK Batchelor birth Blue Cliff Record Bodhidharma bodhisattva body born Buddha Buddhanature cause Center Ch'an chapter China Chuang Tzu cling Coleridge compulsive acts consciousness Contingency is emptiness craving depend dharma disappear doctrine Dogen Dzogchen ease entails ephemeral essence eternity everything existential experience feel fire fixations flames forever fused freedom Gautama Geluk Geshe Rabten grasp Hui-neng India Intuitions John Keats juna Katyayana Keats know emptiness Kumarajiva language Lao Tzu letting go living Mahayana mangos meditation Middle Length Discourses mind and matter monk Mūlamadhyamakakārikā Nāga Nagar Nagarjuna Nagarjuna's Verses Nagarjuna's vision nature ness never nirvana Ocean of Reason one's oneself pain person pristine awareness recognizes reveals sage Sanskrit sense Shabkar Shantideva SHIH-KUNG Singhasattva Stephen Batchelor stops sublime Sutta Taoist teaching things Tibet Tibetan tion trace of emptiness translation of MMK truths Tsongkhapa unfold unreal acts walker walking Wisdom Discourses words