Satish Kumar

You are Therefore I am (eBook, ePUB)

A Declaration of Dependence

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book traces the spiritual journey of Satish Kumar - child monk, peace pilgrim, ecological activist and educator. In it he traces the sources of inspiration which formed his understanding of the world as a network of multiple and diverse relationships.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781907448638
• Artikelnr.: 38365544

Autorenporträt

Satish Kumar is an activist and internationally renowned speaker on ecological issues. He has been a Jain monk, nuclear disarmament advocate and pacifist. Now living in England, Kumar is founder and Director of Programmes of the Schumacher College international center for ecological studies, and Editor Emeritus of Resurgence & Ecologist magazine.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Foreword
Part One: Encounters with Meaning
Learning From Nature
A Hindu Mind
Mother Principle
The Joy of Making
Going to Laden: Meeting the Guru
A Jain View of Reality
Dharma Practice
The Five Practices
Self and the World
Part Two: Quest for Wholeness
Return to the World (walking with Vinoba Bhave)
Soil, Soul, Society
Learning from the Sun
Truth is a Pathless Land (conversation with J. Krishnamurti)
No Birth, No Death
Rationalism and Non-violence (encounter with Bertrand Russell)
Justice before Order (meeting Martin Luther King)
Poverty and Progress (insights from E. F. Schumacher)
Part Three: Travels in India
Islam, a Religion of Peace
A Land of Contrasts
Temples of Delights
A Culture of Crafts
To Be a Pilgrim
In the Footsteps of Gandhi
Seeds of Renewal (visiting Vandana Shiva)
Part Four: A Relational Philosophy
You Are, Therefore I Am: A Reverential Ecology
A Declaration of Dependence
Notes
Index