MYSTICS, MASTERS, SAINTS AND SAGES: Stories Of Enlightenment

Organized chronologically, starting with Buddha and ending with contemporary seekers, this book focuses on the moment of enlightenment in the lives of saints and masters that led to their witnessing divine reality.Each chapter begins with an introduction to a particular spiritual figure, including a biography and a description of his or her teachings, writings, and followers. Next is the selection describing the enlightenment experience. From ancient times come the Buddha's 'From Suffering to Nirvana' and Hui-Neng's 'From Illiterate Woodcutter to Sixth Zen Patriarch'; from the Middle Ages, Jalaluddin Rumi's 'Intoxicated with the Beloved' and Catherine of Siena's 'The Bride of Christ'. Contemporary accounts can be found in Avatar Adi Da Samraj's 'Merging with the Shakti' and Eckhart Tolle's 'The Power of Now'.