Verses from the Center: A Buddhist Vision of the Sublime

by Stephen Batchelor

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The 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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The 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.
LibraryThing Review:he 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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Not a literal, but a 'poetic translation', of verses composed by the second-century Buddhist Nagarjuna. The verses can bring instant insight if you're in the right frame of mind, or comletely baffle if you're not. The wide-ranging 77-page introductory show more essay, 'Intuitions of the sublime,' will be many people's favourite part of the book. show less
Not a literal, but a 'poetic translation', of verses composed by the second-century Buddhist Nagarjuna. The verses can bring instant insight if you're in the right frame of mind, or comletely baffle if you're not. The wide-ranging 77-page introductory essay, 'Intuitions of the sublime,' will be many people's favourite part of the book.
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> QUELLE BELLE TRADUCTION. — Traduction venue du centre...d'une connaissance authentique et profondément honnête des originaux. Je recommande chaudement à tous les amoureux du Bouddha et à tous ceux qui veulent savoir ce qu'est vraiment l'enseignement du Bouddha. 5/5
Julienna, le 17 mai 2014

> RÉSUMÉ. — Les Versets jaillis du centre constituent un texte fondamental du bouddhisme. Il s'agit d'une impeccable réflexion logique sur le sens ou la vérité absolue de la vie. Dans ces stances, souvent laconiques, voire paradoxales, mais toujours illuminantes, l'énigmatique Nagarjuna retrouve les intuitions libératrices des enseignements du show more bouddha Shakyamuni pour les réarticuler dans un idiome original au caractère irrésistible. Ce que le Bouddha accomplit en s'éveillant nous offre l'une des visions les plus intrigantes de toute l'histoire de l'homme.
Source des paradoxes du Zen et des constructions les plus élevées du tantrisme, cette vision du Réel gît au cœur de la sagesse bouddhiste qui actuellement captive l'imagination de l'Occident autant que sa soif de vérité. La présente traduction de Stephen Batchelor, l'un des grands chroniqueurs contemporains du bouddhisme, est un bel exemple d'intégration de la connaissance de la claire vacuité dans notre culture. " La vacuité, écrit le traducteur, n'est rien d'autre qu'un espace dégagé des fixations qui nous empêchent de nous déplacer parmi les dilemmes et les ambiguïtés de la vie (...).
La vacuité est mie métaphore de l'authenticité. "

> Stephen Batchelor a écrit plusieurs livres sur le bouddhisme : Alone With Others, Seul avec les autres, The Faith to Doubt, Croire pour douter, The Awakening of the West, L'Eveil de l'Occident, Buddhism Without Beliefs, Le bouddhisme sans croyances, et un guide du Tibet qui lui a valu le prix Thomas Cook en 1988. Il est directeur d'études au Sharpham College for Buddhist Studies and Contenporary Enquiry, dans le Devon, en Angleterre. Patrick Carré, qui signe la traduction française de l'interprétation de S.
Batchelor, est sinologue de formation. Spécialiste de la poésie classique chinoise et de la littérature bouddhiste tibétaine et chinoise, il a fondé chez Fayard la collection e Trésors du bouddhisme " où il se propose de publier les soûtras et les commentaires fondamentaux.
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A former Buddhist monk, Stephen Batchelor has written several books attempting to make Buddhist accessible and understandable to the Western reader. These books include The Awakening of the West: The Encounter of Buddhist and Western Culture, and Buddhism Without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening. (Bowker Author Biography)

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Religion & Spirituality, Nonfiction
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294.385ReligionOther religionsBuddhism/HinduismBuddhismBuddhist scriptureMahayana texts and sources
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BQ2792 .E5 .B38Philosophy, Psychology and ReligionBuddhismBuddhismTripit.aka (Canonical literature)
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