Monoliths
As I’ve touched on in the main body of this eBook, within the allegory of the desert traveller in samsara, the monoliths map onto the books that the traveller reads in the real world. Each of the monoliths that a traveller finds, gifts or guides them with a set of instructions on how to assemble the components of insight that they have collected in the desert. Some monoliths (or books) provide more complex of detail instructions, and thus the travellers ability to build Great Vehicles is largely dependent on their mental aptitude and thirst in absorbing the knowledge that the monoliths contain.
(see below)
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Bodhi, B. (2000). A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma. 2nd ed. Kandy: Buddhist Publication Society.
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Rahula, W. (1974). What the Buddha Taught. Revised ed. London: Gordon Fraser.
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Harari, Y.N. (2014). Sapiens: A brief history of humankind. London: Harvill Secker.
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Kant, I. (1998). Critique of Pure Reason. Translated and edited by P. Guyer and A.W. Wood. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
05
Aristotle. (1986). De Anima (On the Soul). Translated by H. Lawson-Tancred. London: Penguin Books.
06
Plato, (Year of publication). The Republic. Translated by [Translator's Name]. London: Penguin Books.
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Mayhew, E. (2021). The Four Horsemen: War, pestilence, famine and death – and the hope of a new age. Riverrun.
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Marx, K. (1990). Capital: A critique of political economy. Volume I (trans. B. Fowkes). London: Penguin Classics.
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Nietzsche, F. (2003). Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a philosophy of the future (trans. R.J. Hollingdale). London: Penguin Books.