Life spirit

The life spirit (skrt. Buddhi; Greek: Χριστός Chrestós) is the second of the three spiritual members of the human being. In the Jewish Kabbalah, the life spirit is called Chaja (Hebrew: חיה) and is centred on the Tree of Life of the Kabbalah in the second Sephira Chochmah (wisdom). According to Rudolf Steiner, the Hebrew term Kohelet (Hebrew: קהלת "preacher, gatherer, community leader") also stands for this (Lit.:GA 116, p. 83). The term Buddhi is first mentioned in the Katha Upanishad:

A charioteer is, know,
The Atman, chariot is the body,
Steering the chariot is Buddhi
Manas, know, the reins is.

– Katha Upanishad: 3,3

Literature

• Paul Deussen, Peter Michel (Hrsg.): Upanishaden, Die Geheimlehren des Veda, Marix Verlag 2007
• Rudolf Steiner: Theosophie, GA 9 (1904), Kapitel Das Wesen des Menschen English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Die Geheimwissenschaft im Umriß, GA 13 (1910), Kapitel Wesen der Menschheit English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Grundelemente der Esoterik, GA 93a (1987), ISBN 3-7274-0935-5 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Kosmogonie, GA 94 (1979), München, 28. Oktober 1906 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Das Johannes-Evangelium, GA 103 (1995), ISBN 3-7274-1030-2 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Der Christus-Impuls und die Entwickelung des Ich-Bewußtseins, GA 116 (1982) English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org

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