What is Eckhart Tolle's birth name?
Ulrich Leonard Tölle
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Ulrich Leonard Tölle, later known as Eckhart Tolle, was born in Germany in 1948. He adopted the spiritual name "Eckhart" in honor of the 13th-century German mystic Meister Eckhart. "Tolle" means "mad" in German, a reference to the transformative experience he underwent in his early 30s, which led him to a profound understanding of the present moment and the nature of consciousness.
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