We depend on the gifts of nature, but these gifts must be received with gratitude and not exploited or abused Satish Kumar More Quotes by Satish Kumar More Quotes From Satish Kumar We change by changing our consciousness and by saying, money should not be a commodity. Money should be a means to an end. Satish Kumar commodity consciousness mean Because the Western civilization is dominated by dualistic thinking, holistic scientists and philosophers don't get the recognition they deserve. Satish Kumar recognition civilization thinking Before the scientific rationalism took hold of our minds and before we became succumbed to a materialistic worldview, the Western philosophy was holistic and relational, and even now there are many scientists in the West seeing things totally interconnected. Satish Kumar west mind philosophy Our modern world of old story is completely failing humanity. This is the reason that increasing numbers of people have become and are becoming disillusioned from politics. People don't like voting. Whoever you vote, government gets in. Whatever they promise, they never fulfill. Satish Kumar government numbers people If we had adhered to the concept of connectedness, then we would not have created nuclear weapons, huge armies and global warming. Satish Kumar nuclear army weapons People are are moving away from the fossil fuel-based economy, to a more renewable economy. That is what is called the 'transition town' movement. There are three hundred towns in Britain that are making this transition. Taking energy from solar power, from wind power, from water power. Satish Kumar wind people moving If we had kept the vision of interconnectedness, we would not have created the kind of environmental crisis facing the world today. Satish Kumar environmental vision world If you can kill animals, the same attitude can kill human beings. The mentality is the same which exploits nature and which creates wars. Satish Kumar animal attitude war So, at the age of nine, I became a monk, and from then on I was there practicing that kind of nonviolence. Satish Kumar kind nine age I was pursuing the inner path at the expense of the rest of my being and the rest of the world. Satish Kumar expenses path world Monks will have three begging bowls for their food: one for water, one for liquid food, one for dry food. Satish Kumar dry three water That was my childhood. I grew up with the monks, studying Sanskrit and meditating for hours in the morning and hours in the evening, and going once a day to beg for food. Satish Kumar childhood fatherhood morning I and a friend of mine called Mannon talked together, and we both decided to walk this journey. Satish Kumar walks journey together We then came to the Soviet Union. One day we were walking and carrying our banner and distributing a few leaflets in Russian to people, and we met two women on the road. Satish Kumar one-day two people That was my real education in the world - I learned politics, the social and cultural life of India, Hindu tradition and religion, and Buddhism. Satish Kumar buddhism india real I grew with it, and I used to go to see the monks, who had no possessions, even more extreme than my mother. Satish Kumar more go see mother Kennedy had been assassinated a month or so before. So we walked to the grave of John Kennedy and ended our walking symbolically at the Arlington National Cemetery. Satish Kumar grave month cemetery walking With slight risk of exaggeration you could say that he walked almost every mile of the Indian land. Satish Kumar say you risk land This gives us more time to attend the inner need. Satish Kumar us need more time
