Part 5B - Ati yoga and dharmakāya This is Part 5B of Bodo’s talk on the Tibetan Book of the Dead. He continues elucidating the teachings of the supreme Ati yoga and the three modes of enlightenment; [...]
Part 1 - Introduction This is part one of a series by Bodo Balsys on the subject of Enlightenment as it is taught in the yogic methodology of the esoteric Buddhist ‘ear whispered truth’. Bodo Balsys' esoteric [...]
This book presents basic postulates concerning many esoteric concepts. These include the concept of ‘God’, what constitutes evil, the nature and function of karma, the manifestation of energy from the subtle planes of perception, the nature of manifest Divinity, as [...]
In this video Bodo explains the association of the chakras to the qualities of the five elements that humans manifest through mental-emotional behaviours. Referring to the Buddhist doctrine, the qualities of the five sense perceptions corresponding to [...]
H.P. Blavatsky’s The Secret Doctrine is the foundational text for the dissemination of the esoteric tradition, as promulgated by the Masters of Wisdom for this new epoch. The Theosophical Society, the writings of Alice Bailey, Helena Roerich and other esotericists, [...]
This is a document by one of Bodo's Students, designed to be a handy resource to understand the Esoteric Approach to the Teachings of the Buddha Dharma. Please download this document here. It is a PDF 451Kb. Table of Contents [...]
H.P. Blavatsky’s The Secret Doctrine is the foundational text for the dissemination of the esoteric tradition, as promulgated by the Masters of Wisdom for this new epoch. The Theosophical Society, the writings of Alice Bailey, Helena Roerich and other esotericists, [...]
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 [...]
The Constitution of Shambhala - Part B and C The theme of the first of the two parts of this volume concerns the feminine deva hierarchy, their relation to Hierarchy and Shambhala. Many concepts are introduced that most seekers have [...]
The Constitution of Shambhala The subject of Shambhala (the planetary Head centre, or theistically, the kingdom of ‘God’) has been previously veiled in such texts as the Kālachakra Tantra, but the true esoteric lore has only been provided gradually, first [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The 'Self' or 'Non-self' in Buddhism 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 [...]
An Esoteric Exposition of the Bardo Thödol, part A This book explores chapter 5 of the Bardo Thödol (The Tibetan Book of the Dead) titled 'The Spiritual Practice entitled Natural Liberation of Habitual Tendencies'. This text incorporates a detailed exposition [...]
An Esoteric Exposition of the Bardo Thödol, part B 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 [...]
Meditation and the Initiation Process 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 [...]
Maṇḍalas - Their Nature and Development This book deals with the question of what exactly constitutes a 'cell' metaphysically. The cell is viewed as a unit of consciousness that interrelate with other cells to form maṇḍalas of expression. Each such [...]
At a talk I attended recently, the Tibetan lama said, “in the past, when you were all hippies the word ‘karma’ was on the tips of everyone’s tongue, but now, no-one wants to talk about it”! Over the last few [...]
For a long, long time, the universe and everything within it has been subject to predispositions. The baser ones merely clash and crash. Humans are no exception. Though we are bound by them, we can also be freed by them. [...]
Essentially esoteric astrology is the science of Enlightenment, what happens on the path to Enlightenment. If one was looking at a chart of a disciple one would look at the orthodox planetary rulers for their emotions and for their mood [...]