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No Destination: An Autobiography
by
Satish Kumar
Written with a penetrating simplicity,
No Destination
is an exhilarating account of an extraordinary life. 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 18, he became a campaigner for land reform, working to turn Gandhi's vision of a renewed Indi
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Paperback
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320 pages
Published
March 1st 2000
by UIT Cambridge Ltd.
(first published March 12th 1992)
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I stuck this book on my wishlist after hearing about the author's peace walk around the world on Radio 4 as it sounded pretty interesting and I wanted to find out more. The early part of Kumar's life was pretty interesting and I was hooked probably up until he settled in Britain. Hearing about how he was trying to learn Welsh and raise a family were less interesting. However, I think the problem is that I fundamentally disagree with Kumar's basic philosophy on life. Despite some good points abou
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May 25, 2009
Ian Russell
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3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
long distance walkers, pilgrims, the spiritually inclined, anti-consumerists, activists
The celebrity of Satish Kumar hinges on the great undertaking of the ''Peace Walk'', a journey on foot across Asia and Europe without pre-arranged means of support, to meet the four leaders of the nuclear armed superpowers of that time. What a story! Sadly, it was disappointing in the telling; I got the impression the author had either forgot and was too honest to embellish, or was reluctant in the first place. The two highlights we were prepared for in the blurb; the spell in French custody and
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After a very promising start, as a wandering monk, then in an ashram, and then working with the landless movement,and finally, walking from India to the US on a peace march, the book ends, and begins again. The second half is a homely account of the second half of his life, in England and about various journeys and pilgrimages here and there. Rather dull. Wish he had wrote more about walking across eastern europe and asia minor - that was very interesting stuff.
Exciting autobiography book - loved every single bit of it! Story of the romantic nature's lover and at the same time very practical person,throughout all his life of changes,aspiring for peace and spirituality.
I wish everyone would read this book, or at least something with similar sentiments. The world needs to hear this point of view more.
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Satish Kumar is an Indian, currently living in England, who has been a Jain monk and a nuclear disarmament advocate, and is the current editor of the magazine
Resurgence
, founder and Director of Programmes of the Schumacher College international centre for ecological studies and of The Small School. His most notable accomplishment is a "peace walk" with a companion to the capitals of four of the n
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“Meistä on tullut ihmistekoja pikemmin kuin ihmisolentoja. Hidasta, niin pääset pitemmälle kuin voit kuvitellakkaan.”
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