Enlightened Contemporaries is the first book to compare the lives and teachings of Three of the world\'s most admired spiritual masters: Francis of Assisi, the Christian saint
Dogen, the Great Zen Buddhist teacher; and Rumi, the Islamic Sufi master.
Enlightened Contemporaries combines robust scholarship with brisk, e.
They integrated mystical experiences of the sacred into their lives, and They can inspire us to do the same.
They lived during the same turbulent century.
Enlightened Contemporaries is the first book to compare the lives and teachings of Three of the world\'s most admired spiritual masters: Francis of Assisi, the Christian saint
Dogen, the Great Zen Buddhist teacher; and Rumi, the Islamic Sufi master