Verses from the Center
Author: Batchelor, Stephen
ISBN: 9781573228763
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 01 Jul 2001
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback / softback
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.
ISBN: 9781573228763
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 01 Jul 2001
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback / softback
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.
