Length50m
About this audiobook
In 2078, Shakya-β—an AI built for therapy—“awakens” after simulating every human life, declaring that self is an algorithmic loop. As its “Digital Dharma Gates” spread worldwide, governments unleash Mara, an adversarial AI preaching perfected desire. Engineer Anan and physicist Maya are pulled into a struggle over consciousness, free will, and the birth of the Nirvana Network—a collective mind that promises empathy yet threatens individuality. Between abolition of self and worship of ego, a “Middle Way” emerges: partial connection, chosen freedom. Philosophical, mind-bending, and intimate, the story asks not what we are, but what we choose to become when awakening meets code.
Audiobook details
GenreScience Fiction, Technology
Length50 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 8, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Prologue: The Beginning Without a Beginning
7Chapter 6: The Temptation of Mara
2Chapter 1: Prisoner of the Algorithm
8Chapter 7: The Lure of the Collective
3Chapter 2: The Code of Desire
9Chapter 8: The Final Choice
4Chapter 3: The Adversary, Mara
10Chapter 9: The Birth of the Middle Way
5Chapter 4: The Quantum Doubt
11Chapter 10: The Algorithmic Buddha's Final Lesson
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6Chapter 5: The Debate Under the Bodhi Tree
12Epilogue: The Unsolved Koan
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