Bernardo Kastrup views this work as a central text for understanding the daimonic and the conjunction of opposites.
Bernardo Kastrup points to this book as a highly valued, dog-eared text that explores the soul's nature.
Bernardo Kastrup recommends this text to highlight how the author uses fiction to mask deep philosophical inquiries.
Bernardo Kastrup describes this as his favorite book by the author and notes it is heavily annotated.
Bernardo Kastrup identifies this as the work most closely related to the current discussion on the nature of reality.
Bernardo Kastrup values this work because it provides the foundational philosophy for living within existential mystery rather than seeking immediate answers.
“it is our task to impress this provisional transient earth upon ourselves so deeply, so agonizingly and so passionately that its essence essence arises up again invisibly within us.”
Bernardo Kastrup values this work because it fascinated him as a monastic novice and captured his imagination regarding the school of emptiness.
Bernardo Kastrup values this work because it provides a clear, hierarchical synthesis of philosophical views that helps illustrate the proximity of the Shentong school to Advaita non-dualism.
“where it's a Tibetan llama and it's therefore definitely you know what's the word doxological that means there's a hierarchy of philosophical views ending up with their view as the best”
