No Destination

No Destination: Autobiography of a Pilgrim

Satish Kumar (author)

The fascinating life story of Satish Kumar – monk, peace activist, pilgrim and ecological campaigner.

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 a 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. 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.

This edition of Satish Kumar's inspirational autobiography commemorates the foundation of Schumacher College, with new chapters about the college and bringing Satish's story up-to-date. 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.

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 centre for ecological studies, and Editor Emeritus of Resurgence & Ecologist magazine.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Green Books; 4th edition (9 Sept. 2021)
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 344 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9780857845504
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.84 x 2.54 x 21.46 cm