Elijah the Bodhisattva : An Interspiritual Exploration
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.
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- ISBN-13: 9781803412771
- ISBN-10: 1803412771
- Publisher: Obooks
- Publish Date: February 2024
- Dimensions: 8.58 x 5.56 x 0.17 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.53 pounds
- Page Count: 192
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