Resurrecting Jesus ─ Embodying the Spirit of a Revolutionary Mystic

The life of Jesus offers each one of us a map to the direct realization of our eternal and divine nature. On Resurrecting Jesus, Adyashanti presents 12 audio sessions excavating the deep, mythic underpinnings of the Gospels, and how we can each find in the story of Jesus the spark for our own spiritual unfolding. Adya begins by sharing his personal ties to the life and teachings of Jesus-and how his background in Zen Buddhism and his own journey of awakening inform his unique understanding of "what it means to be in true relationship with the eternal principle." He then unpacks the story of Jesus to show how the events central to his life mirror the process of spiritual realization-and what that might mean for each of us individually. Adya illuminates the central archetypal figures of the Jesus story at work within each of us, including Peter, John, Mary Magdalene, Judas, and Pontius Pilate. He concludes with a profound discussion of the embodiment of the universal Christ consciousness.

Adyashanti began teaching in 1996 after a series of transformative spiritual awakenings. Today, his retreats are so popular that would-be attendees must win a lottery held only once a year. Adya's teachings have been compared to some of the early Ch'an (Zen) masters of China as well as teachers of Advaita Vedanta in India. His books include Falling into Grace (Sounds True, 2011) and The End of Your World (Sounds True, 2008). He lives in northern California. See adyashanti.org.