Lessons from the Mountaintop: Ten Modern Mystics and Their Extraordinary Lives - Softcover

Pintak, Lawrence

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1591813328 ISBN 13: 9781591813323

Publisher: Sentient Publications, 2025

Synopsis

Lessons from the Mountaintop is an inspiring account of the experiences of modern-day spiritual explorers who have dedicated their lives to the mystic quest to find their own Truth. It is aimed at readers looking for answers in our complex and challenging world. Few of us will ever retreat to a mountaintop or spend decades in monastic silence. Some of the individuals profiled in Lessons from the Mountaintop have done exactly that. Others have spent their lives studying with spiritual masters ofmultiple traditions. A New York record company art director, a medical doctor from Australia, a formerly unhoused non-binary BIPOC Californian, and other once “ordinary” folk who have carved out their own unique spiritual paths. You will not find them on the best seller lists or the Spiritual 100 rankings. Most of them quietly pursue their spiritual quest far from the media spotlight. What prompted them to walk away from it all? What do they see that the rest of us do not? What lessons do they bring “back” from their spiritual journeys? What can we learn from them? Veteran journalist and author Lawrence Pintak introduces the reader to individuals of grace and profound spiritual experience who he has encountered in his decades reporting from around the globe, and others he sought out as he explored unfamiliar spiritual traditions. The result is a fascinating collection of profiles that offer deep insight into what has been called the “perennial wisdom” at the heart of the world's religions. Lessons from the Mountaintop contains lessons for us all, whether we are religious, spiritual, or simply trying to navigate our complex and challenging world. “A magnificent tapestry of wisdom and love that can inspire us all.” Joseph Goldstein, author of Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening

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About the Author

Lawrence Pintak has spent his life grounded in facts while fascinated by the ethereal. An award-winning former CBS News Middle East correspondent and author of seven books at the intersection of religion, media and policy, Pintak is also an avid student of the perennial truths at the core of the world's religions. His reporting and analysis on international affairs has been published in The New York Times, Foreign Policy, and many of the world's leading media organizations, while his articles about Buddhism and Eastern traditions have appeared in Shambhala Sun/Lion's Roar, Buddhadharma, Beliefnet.com and others. His most recent non-fiction book, America & Islam, was a finalist for the 2020 Religion News Association award for Religion Reporting Excellence.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sentient Publications
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1591813328
• ISBN 13: 9781591813323
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216