Part 4 – Twelve zodiacal statements in the Bardo Thödol

In the fourth part of the series on the esoteric rendering of the Bardo Thödol (the ‘Tibetan Book of the Dead’) Bodo Balsys is commenting on the various yoga systems on Buddhism. There are twelve main statements, which are numbered, each dealing with a topic and each one related to one of the twelve signs of the zodiac which are analyzed esoterically for the first time in a Buddhist tantra.

This implies the general turning of the wheel of the Heart centre of the buddhadharma from its foundations in the pious attendants of the Buddha to the development of the subtle teachings of the supreme Ati yoga. Also implied is the development of the three types of enlightenment via the process of the evolution of these schools of thought.