Christian Zen: The Essential Teachings of Jesus Christ

By: Powell, Robert

A study of the Gospel of Thomas, exploring what Jesus was really like and what he stood for. It demonstrates that Jesus's teaching is akin to Zen, in that it has an emphasis on direct seeing rather... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556434588
• ISBN13: 9781556434587
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: North Atlantic Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.9" x 0.5" x 4.9"

Customer Reviews

A non-dual interpretation of The Gospel of Thomas

In this book, Robert Powell interprets the Gospel of Thomas from a non-dual perspective. What I mean is, he interprets Jesus as an enlightened teacher who is simply pointing to the kingdom of heaven all around you, the oneness of everything. Jesus is saying you are not separate from God, and never were. You need only to drop all religious concepts and see. This is what esoteric Christianity is all about. There are other books about this. 'Inner Christianity' by Richard Smoley is also very good.

Jesus teaches Zen

This very small book lists verses of the gospel of Thomas on each page and then gives the authors comments about what he believes they mean. The authors opinion is that in the gospel of Thomas Jesus is teaching nonduality and how to discover the true Self and over come the illusion of separation and individual ego by living truly in the eternal Now.I agree with the authors opinion completely and believe this book is closer to the true esoteric teachings of Jesus than the Bible. This is a perfect book for beginners that are searching for truth or studing Zen.