No Destination: Autobiography of a Pilgrim
No Destination: Autobiography of a Pilgrim
Satish Kumar
Written with a penetrating simplicity, No Destination is an exhilarating account of an extraordinary life.
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The new hardback 4th edition of Satish Kumar's inspirational autobiography is published in 2014 to commemorate 25 years since the foundation of Schumacher College, with new chapters about the college and bringing Satish's story up-to-date.
When he was only nine years old, Satish Kumar renounced the world and joined the wandering brotherhood of Jain monks. Dissuaded from this path by an inner voice at the age of eighteen, he became a campaigner for land reform, working to turn Gandhi’s vision of a renewed India into reality.
Fired by the example of Bertrand Russell, he undertook an 8,000-mile peace pilgrimage, walking from India to America without any money, through mountains, deserts, storms and snow. It was an adventure during which he was thrown into jail in France, faced a loaded gun in America, and delivered packets of 'peace tea' to the leaders of the four nuclear powers.
In 1973 he settled in England, taking on the editorship of Resurgence magazine, and becoming the guiding light behind a number of ecological, spiritual and educational ventures, including Schumacher College.
Following Indian tradition, in his fiftieth year he undertook another pilgrimage: again without any money, he walked to the holy places of Britain - Glastonbury, Lindisfarne, and Iona. Written with a penetrating simplicity, No Destination is an exhilarating account of an extraordinary life.
Product Description
Title - No Destination: Autobiography of a Pilgrim
Edition -
Author - Satish Kumar
ISBN 13 - 9781870098465
Imprint - Green Books
Publisher - Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Date Published - 12/03/1992
Prize -
No. of pages - 192
Binding Type - Paperback
Dimensions - 138 x 216 x 24mm
Weight - 422 g
Languages - English