Description
The Long Pilgrimage written by John G. Bennett in collaboration with Thakur Lal Manandhar was first published in Great Britain by Hodder and Stoughton in 1965. This is the first book to be published in any language on the life and teaching of Shivapuri Baba, a remarkable saint of modern India. It is based on a life long association of Thakur Lal with this great saint who spent over 40 years of his life in Nepal, and died in his forest retreat in the Himalayan foothills at the great age of 137.
The book starts with a visit to the saint by Dr S. Radhakrishnan, India’s beloved President, and gives his amazing life story which included a 35-year-old world pilgrimage. He spoke with many monarchs, heads of state, and spiritual and cultural leaders, and the book describes interesting personal anecdotes of people he met from Queen Victoria to Theodore Roosevelt and Bernard Shaw.
The fundamental principle of Right Living taught by the Shivapuri Baba is wonderful in its simplicity, yet it can be adapted for any age or culture. It can be summed up as a discipline which takes into account the needs of the body, the taming and purification of the mind and enfoldment of the spirit, in harmony. The Right Life or Swadharma, stands for a minimum of life, yet a life that is lived in fullness, lived upon all levels and all departments, lived to perfection right up to the stage of realization of the Supreme Spirit or God. His teaching of the Three Disciplines is of practical value to the modern world.
This particular edition of the book is being published for the first time in Nepal from where the teaching of the Shivapuri Baba first originated.
