The I Ching : The Book O... — The Inner Structure Of

Lama Anagarika Govinda’s The Inner Structure of the I Ching: The Book of Transformations is a unique structural and philosophical analysis of the ancient Chinese text, shifting the focus from divination to the mathematical and geometric logic of the trigrams and hexagrams. Govinda, a prominent scholar of Tibetan Buddhism, integrates Taoist, Confucian, and Buddhist thought to reveal the "inner structure" of the I Ching as a representation of the human mind's relationship with the phenomenal world.

: A reconstruction of the traditional arrangement into an abstract order that can be projected onto a circle or "multi-faceted diamond". Critical and Practical Reception The inner structure of the I Ching : the book o...

: He explains the hexagrams through "Eight Houses," analyzing them in both the traditional King Wen order and an abstract "movement in curves" . Lama Anagarika Govinda’s The Inner Structure of the

The work is heavily visual, featuring over to illustrate complex permutations and structural relationships. Key structural sections include: Critical and Practical Reception : He explains the

Govinda departs from traditional Chinese commentaries to explore the intrinsic system of the I Ching.

: The book often includes a preface by Zentatsu Baker-roshi , an introduction by John Blofeld , and calligraphy by Al Chung-Liang Huang .