Elijah the Bodhisattva: An Interspiritual Exploration

Elijah the Bodhisattva: An Interspiritual Exploration

by Malcolm David Brown
Elijah the Bodhisattva: An Interspiritual Exploration

Elijah the Bodhisattva: An Interspiritual Exploration

by Malcolm David Brown

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Overview

This is an interspiritual commentary — largely though not exclusively Buddhist-inspired — on the life of Elijah as recounted in the Bible. It treats the externals of his life as metaphors for internal mind-states, his story as a labyrinth-like journey toward enlightenment, an unfolding realization of the non-duality of himself and God. Elijah begins with a henotheistic conception of God as a national deity connected to the land of Israel and progresses to a realization of God as the ground of being, being-itself, the God of those who struggle with God, which is the deeper meaning of the name Israel. While the inner dimension is emphasized, there is also a focus on the political dimension of the story, which liberation theologians call God’s preferential option for the poor, and here it is called the politics of anatta — the core Buddhist principle of not-self.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781803412771
Publisher: Hunt, John Publishing
Publication date: 02/01/2024
Pages: 192
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Malcolm David Brown is an ex-sociologist and interspiritual writer. He has a PhD in the sociology of Islam and lived experience of different strands of Christianity and Buddhism. He lives near Pisa, Italy.
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