Considerations of Mind - a Buddhist Enquiry
Title | Considerations of Mind - a Buddhist Enquiry PDF eBook |
Author | Bodo Balsys |
Publisher | Universal Dharma Publishing |
Pages | 418 |
Release | 2016-04-15 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0992356814 |
Considerations of Mind - a Buddhist Enquiry This volume primarily focuses upon the Yogācāra- Vijñānavādin concepts of mind and its means of expression such as the various consciousnesses, the nature of the bījas, and the ālayavijñāna. From this basis, related topics such as the nature of light, the simile of a river with respect to the flow of a consciousness-stream, and the nāḍīs that convey prāṇas, are explored. This allows consideration of the attributes of time and certain chakras that exist below the diaphragm. The ‘soul’ concept then comes into view and its relation to śūnyatā is revealed.
Buddha Taught Nonviolence, Not Pacifism
Title | Buddha Taught Nonviolence, Not Pacifism PDF eBook |
Author | Paul R. Fleischman |
Publisher | Pariyatti Publishing |
Pages | 59 |
Release | 2002-01-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1928706223 |
In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, this thought-provoking essay explores the Buddha's teaching to find one prescription: not war, not pacifism but nonviolence.
The 'Self' or 'Non-self' in Buddhism
Title | The 'Self' or 'Non-self' in Buddhism PDF eBook |
Author | Bodo Balsys |
Publisher | Universal Dharma Publishing |
Pages | 492 |
Release | 2016-02-05 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0992356806 |
The 'Self' or 'Non-self' in Buddhism This book is a cogent reinterpretation of many of the key arguments of Mahāyāna philosophy, providing new insights in relation to the question of what a ‘self’ may or may not be, relativistically perceived as an I-consciousness in light of the doctrine of the Void (śūnyatā). The major classical logic relating to such things as the Two Truths, Dependent Origination, the Sevenfold Reasoning, are properly examined by presenting an esoteric view (the Dharmakāya Way) that represents the middle way between extremes. In doing so many concepts are modernised and inherent errors expunged via the presentation of a new valid hermeneutic.
The Buddha-Womb and the way to Liberation
Title | The Buddha-Womb and the way to Liberation PDF eBook |
Author | Bodo Balsys |
Publisher | Universal Dharma Publishing |
Pages | 562 |
Release | 2016-08-16 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0992356822 |
The Buddha-Womb and the way to Liberation This volume resolves the ontology from the two previous volumes concerning the concept of a ‘subtle self’. First a commentary of the Tantra Great Gates of Diamond Liberation, that presents detailed information concerning the nature of the Heart, Throat, Diaphragm, and Splenic centres I and II. This adds to what was earlier provided on the Solar Plexus, Sacral and Base of Spine centres. The focus of this book concerns the attributes of the Sambhogakāya Flower, utilising The Uttaratantra of Maitreya and the Buddha’s testimony, thus revealing an esoteric doctrine that has been veiled in Buddhist scriptures.
Meditation and the Initiation Process: Vol 6 of A Treatise on Mind
Title | Meditation and the Initiation Process: Vol 6 of A Treatise on Mind PDF eBook |
Author | Bodo Balsys |
Publisher | Universal Dharma Publishing |
Pages | 432 |
Release | 2014-10-08 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0992356857 |
This book provides practical background information and teachings on meditation primarily for a Western audience. Through meditation, compassionately focused actions, and group sharing the Heart centre is awakened and Bodhicitta is manifested. For this to occur the development of wisdom is essential. The associated process concerning the path of Initiation into the Mysteries of being/non-being, and the planetary Head centre (Shambhala) shall be provided. The subtleties of the Initiation path will be revealed through an esoteric interpretation of passages from the Bible, as the New Testament constitutes a major text on this subject. This philosophy is complimentary to the Buddhist foundation presented in the previous volumes of this series.
Esoteric Cosmology and Modern Physics
Title | Esoteric Cosmology and Modern Physics PDF eBook |
Author | Bodo Balsys |
Publisher | Universal Dharma Publishing |
Pages | 603 |
Release | 2020-03-04 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 099235689X |
This book endeavours to integrate the concepts gleaned through modern physics with those of the esotericist, hence with the lore derived from meditative penetration of high dimensions of perception. This incorporates the nāḍī and chakra system, via which all phenomena is derived, and of the nature of the projection of thought-forms from the subjective domains to the phenomenal world. This book consequently endeavours to show how the laws discovered by physicists derive from those of the subjective universe. Many abstruse ideas therefore need to be discussed which the scientifically minded are unaware, as well as unfamiliar concepts for most religionists and philosophers. Hopefully this syncretic approach will evoke many revelations in all these schools of thought. Readers should not dismiss the ideas presented out of hand, but rather should rationalise what is logically correct as a valid basis for further research and enquiry into the origin and nature of things.
An Esoteric Exposition of the Bardo Thodol Part B
Title | An Esoteric Exposition of the Bardo Thodol Part B PDF eBook |
Author | Bodo Balsys |
Publisher | Universal Dharma Publishing |
Pages | 222 |
Release | 2015-05-10 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0992356881 |
Part A dealt with the process of conversion of saṃskāras into enlightenment attributes, whereas part B explains the nature of those attributes in terms of the natural radiance of the Clear Light of Mind. The various aspects of the conversion of mind into Mind are explicated in this exploration of chapter 4 of the Bardo Thödol, titled ‘Natural Liberation through Naked Perception’. This ground-breaking study explains the importance of the Throat and Heart chakras in generating and transmitting attributes of Mind, as well as the zodiacal implications. It also shows how the sections of the two chapters are correlated in one complete thesis of praxis and result.