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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... sage emulate the qualities of the Way itself . Like the Tao , he too must be empty of artifice , self - importance and any attempt to impose control on the natural unfolding of things . The practice of the Tao , according to Lao Tzu ...
... sage emulate the qualities of the Way itself . Like the Tao , he too must be empty of artifice , self - importance and any attempt to impose control on the natural unfolding of things . The practice of the Tao , according to Lao Tzu ...
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... sage in Chuang Tzu's text , " wriggling and turning , not knowing anything about ' who ' or ' what , ' now dipping and bending , now flowing in waves . " Chuang Tzu then tells the story of Lieh Tzu who meets this and realizes " that he ...
... sage in Chuang Tzu's text , " wriggling and turning , not knowing anything about ' who ' or ' what , ' now dipping and bending , now flowing in waves . " Chuang Tzu then tells the story of Lieh Tzu who meets this and realizes " that he ...
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... sage ( arhat ) . Since the Buddha compared this sage to a naga , it could be that Nagarjuna received teachings on emptiness that had been preserved as an oral tradition in the early schools . Whatever the case , Nagarjuna is convinced ...
... sage ( arhat ) . Since the Buddha compared this sage to a naga , it could be that Nagarjuna received teachings on emptiness that had been preserved as an oral tradition in the early schools . Whatever the case , Nagarjuna is convinced ...
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Verses from the Center: A Buddhist Vision of the Sublime Stephen Batchelor No preview available - 2001 |
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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