Elijah the Bodhisattva by Malcolm David Brown
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.
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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| ISBN 13 | 9781803412771 |
| ISBN 10 | 1803412771 |
| Title | Elijah the Bodhisattva |
| Author | Malcolm David Brown |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Collective Ink |
| Year published | 2024-01-26 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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