Home
Buy Spiritual Books, Tapes, CDs & Sacred Art
Praise for Mystics, Masters, Saints and Sages: Stories of Enlightenment:
--From the Foreword by His Holiness,
The Dalai Lama
"In this valuable, inspiring book you will find the stories of people known
and unknown who have experienced and realized some aspect of the enlightened
mind. The rich diversity of their experiences is vast, yet their realizations
have a universal quality. From each of their stories, we can develop a
greater awareness and appreciation of their spiritual journeys, the positive
qualities they embodied, and the understanding and realization of the nature
of life that they experienced. It is important to understand that each
of these saints and sages was born an ordinary person. Some underwent intensive
spiritual practices, including fasting, meditation, physical hardships,
and great sacrifices in pursuit of Truth. Others were spontaneously awakened,
perhaps as a result of positive spiritual merit accumulated from previous
births.
All the world's spiritual traditions have
provided us with examples of
persons who sought wisdom and practiced
compassion in their lives. We can see that the illumination of mind is
a universal phenomenon. It can happen in the East and West, North and South,
among all races and religious, even among people who have no religion."
"Please read the amazing enlightenment stories
in this book. One of them may change your life! Find the oneness and absolute
freedom that is in each one of us by communing with these saints, masters,
and ordinary people who found universal truth, each in their own unique
way. Mystics, Masters, Saints and Sages-Stories of Enlightenment can open
you up to a whole new world of spiritual realization."
--Joan Borysenko, Ph. D., best-selling
author of Minding the Body, Mending the Mind, A Woman's Journey to
God, Fire in the Soul:A NewPsychology of Spiritual Optimism, and
Seven Paths to God:The Way of the Mystic.
:"A fascinating collection of first-person
accounts, across centuries and
across religious traditions, of the experience
of awakening, all held
together by the common denominator of 'Surprised
by Joy'.'"
Sylvia Boorstein, author of
It's Easier Than You Think: The
Buddhist Way to Happiness.
"Finally, a beautifully concise and readable
overview of the enlightened
condition as it is expressed through a
wide variety of personalities, both
historical and contemporary."
Adyashanti, Open Gate Sangha, author
of The Impact of Awakening
"Mystics, Masters, Saints, and Sages offers
a myriad of reflections of
the profound potential we have for awakening
to our true nature. These inspiring life stories of personal transformation
inspire us to discover and embody a truly universal spirit at the heart
of our humanity and to live in a way that honors it."
Dr. Joel and Michelle Levey, authors
of Living in Balance and
Simple Meditation & Relaxation
"Sanctity, spiritual wisdom and mysticism
are universal, found in all traditions. The Ullmans have produced an inter-spiritual
book exploring the fruit of this universal human development. It is a work
of beauty, inspiration and instruction, at once practical and useful for
anyone's inner journey."
Wayne Teasdale, author of The Mystic
Heart
"This noble book is a treasury of transcendent
realizations, attained through a variety of spiritual paths. May all
who read it find the inspiration to practice fully their chosen path until
its very pinnacle is reached."
H.E. Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche, author
of Lord of the Dance
"Each time you read of one of the
encounters with the infinite you feel the
tug for your own realization."
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi,
past holder of the World Wisdom
Chair, Naropa University
:"Equanimity of the mind, contentment, self-reflection,
and association with
spiritual seekers are the four ways to
spiritual enlightenment. An aspirant of
the spiritual path can choose any one of
the four. Association with spiritual
seekers includes reading the life histories
and teachings of saints and sages,
spiritual masters, and God-intoxicated
people who are merged in their devotion to God, both historically and in
the present. Through this book, Bob Ullman and Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman
have helped others fulfill that need of association
with spiritual seekers, saints, and sages
of the East and West, historical and
present. I wish them success in their efforts
to serve people by various means."
Baba Hari Dass, author of
Silence Speaks: from the Chalkboard of
Baba Hari Dass