Synopsis: A provocative interpretation of the development of the ego and human psychology. The Abhidharma is a collection of Buddhist sciptures that investigate the workings of the mind and the states of human consciousness. From the Buddhist perspective, the creation of ego is a neurotic process based on fundamental ignorance of our true situation. Trungpa shows how an examination of the formation of ego leads to a realization of confusion and also provides an opportunity to develop real intelligence. The practice of meditation is represented as the means that enables us to see our psychological situation clearly and directly.
"The abhidharma deals with the five skandhas. The skandhas represent the constant structure of human psychology as well as its pattern of evolution and the pattern of evolution of the world. The skandhas are also related to blockages of different types - spiritual ones, material ones, emotional ones. An understanding of the five skandhas shows that once we are tuned into the basic core of egohood, then anything - any experience, any inspiration - can be made into a further blockage or can become a way of freeing ourselves. Abhidharma is a very precise way of looking at mind." Chogyam Trungpa.
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