Unveiling the Esoteric in Buddhism

The I Concept

The Mahamudra concerning the union of a Buddha and his Consort

By Bodo Balsys

In 3 Parts, approximately 1100 pages

Published by: Munshiram Manoharlal, Delhi.

This revolutionary book looks into the nature of the Samsara and Shunyata interrelationship, questioning the foundations of logical inquiry and scientific application of the consciousness. A truly gripping book, essential for any serious Buddhist interested in this most important area of Buddhist Dialectics.

The pivotal argument brings us back to the Buddhas teaching of whether there is or is not a permanent soul as a mechanism to integrate the theory and science of being

Contents:

PART 1
Preface.
1. The Rules of Interpretation of Sacred Scriptures.
2. The Two Truths.
3. The West and the East, the Mahamudra of the Two Truths.
4. The Seven-Fold Reasoning: Part A. The Introduction.
5. Essay on the Many and the One, (from Jnanagarbha’s
Commentary on the Two Truths).
6. The Refutation of Partless Particles.
7. The Sevenfold Reasoning: Part B. The Probandium.
8. Dependent Origination.
9. The Diamond-Slivers.
10. The Non-Production from Other.
11. The Four Extremes.
12. The Four Alternatives and Refuting a Self of Persons.
13. The Seven Cornered Reason.

PART 2
14. The Pudgala Doctrine.
15. Enquiry into the Nature of “Self”.
16. The Soul Concept and the Tathagatagarbha Doctrine.
17. Negating the “Self”.
18. The River Simile.
19. On the Evolution of Consciousness.
20. Signposts of Consciousness.
21. Commentary on Alayavijnana as Seed.
22. The nature of Light in Relation to Time.
23. The Examination of Time in the Mulamadhyamakakarika p.
24. Shunyata and Parinirvana p.

PART 3
25. Voidness and Abundance.
26. The Great Gates of Diamond Liberation – Part 1:
Mara, Secret Mantra, and Dependent Origination.
27. The Great Gates of Diamond Liberation – Part 2:
Considerations of the Heart Centre.
28. The Great Gates of Diamond Liberation – Part 3:
The Centres below the Diaphragm and Voidness.
29. A concluding Note on Emptiness.
30. The Buddha and the Soul-Concept.
31. The Vijnanavadins on the Existence of “Self”.
32. The Sambhogakaya Flower.
33. The Uttaratantra of Maitreya and the Sambhogakaya Flower.
34. The Vijnanavadins on the Evolution of Consciousness.