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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... walking . One imagines him mind- fully raising , moving and placing one foot in front of the other as he proceeds slowly along a path . His meditation leads into an ever - deepening perplexity about this unex- ceptional act : Walking ...
... walking . One imagines him mind- fully raising , moving and placing one foot in front of the other as he proceeds slowly along a path . His meditation leads into an ever - deepening perplexity about this unex- ceptional act : Walking ...
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A Buddhist Vision of the Sublime Nāgārjuna, Stephen Batchelor. Walking I do not walk between The step already taken And the one I'm yet to take , Which both are motionless . Is walking not the motion Between one step and the next ? What ...
A Buddhist Vision of the Sublime Nāgārjuna, Stephen Batchelor. Walking I do not walk between The step already taken And the one I'm yet to take , Which both are motionless . Is walking not the motion Between one step and the next ? What ...
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... walking , Steps taken nor to come ever end ? Were walking and walker one , I would be unable to tell them apart ; Were they different , There would be walkers who do not walk . These moving feet reveal a walker But did not start him on ...
... walking , Steps taken nor to come ever end ? Were walking and walker one , I would be unable to tell them apart ; Were they different , There would be walkers who do not walk . These moving feet reveal a walker But did not start him on ...
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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