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. Acknowledgements 8(2) Foreword 10(5) Part One: Encounters with Meaning Learning from Nature 15(8) A Hindu Mind 23(4) Mother Principle 27(5) The Joy of Making 32(4) Going to Ladnun: Meeting the Guru 36(4) A Jain View of Reality 40(8) Dharma Practice 48(6) The Five Practices 54(5) Self and the World 59(8) Part Two: Quest for Wholeness Return to the World (walking with Vinoba Bhave) 67(7) Soil, Soul, Society 74(9) Learning from the Sun 83(4) Truth is a Pathless Land (conversation with J. Krishnamurti) 87(8) No Birth, No Death 95(4) Rationalism and Non-violence (encounter with Bertrand Russell) 99(7) Justice before Order (meeting Martin Luther King) 106(7) Poverty and Progress (insights from E. F. Schumacher) 113(10) Part Three: Travels in India Islam, a Religion of Peace 123(7) A Land of Contrasts 130(8) Temples of Delight 138(6) A Culture of Crafts 144(6) To Be a Pilgrim 150(5) In the Footsteps of Gandhi 155(11) Seeds of Renewal (visiting Vandana Shiva) 166(9) Part Four: A Relational Philosophy You Are, Therefore I Am: A Reverential Ecology 175(7) A Declaration of Dependence 182(4) Notes 186(1) Index 187