Elijah the Bodhisattva: An Interspiritual Exploration

By Malcolm David Brown

Book 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1803412771
• ISBN13: 9781803412771
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Obooks
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.6" x 8.6"