Table of Contents

Introduction; I: Exploring the Notion of Selflessness; 1: The Question of Self; 2: The Meaning of ‘Not-Self'; 3: Developing a Self Without Boundaries; 4: Personal Continuity and Responsibility; 5: My World and its End; 6: The Life-Principle and the Between-Lives State; II: Sa?s?ric and Nibb?nic Discernment; 7: The Centrality of Discernment; 8: Discernment and Conditioned Arising; 9: Discernment and the Perceptual Process; 10: Bhava?ga and the Brightly Shining Mind; 11: Nibb?na as the Timeless ‘Stopping' of the Entire Personality; 12: Nibb?na as a Transformed State of Discernment; 13: Seeking The Tath?gata; 14: Conclusion

About the Author

Peter Harvey

Reviews

'Anyone interested in Buddhism, psychospiritual/yogic processes, and the phenomenology of meditation/ecstasy will unquestionably find this book a treasure trove.' - www.yrec.info