Verses from the Center
Subtitle: A Buddhist Vision of the Sublime
Publisher: Riverhead Trade
Published: July 10, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781573228763
Subjects: Buddhism; Religion - World Religions; Inspirational & Religious; Religion; Spirituality - General; Buddhism - General; Religion / Spirituality; Early works to 1800; Måadhyamika (Buddhism)
First sentence: BEHIND THE GILDED SWAYAMBU STUPA, WHOSE PAINTED eyes gaze over the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu, is a nondescript building with a single shabby room, empty save for a bronze door smeared with vermilion powder.