Satiš Kumar: The beauty of simplicity

Satiš Kumár at the Resurgence magazine's Summer Meeting. (reprophoto)

There is no virtue greater than moderation. The sign of the moderate is that they are peaceful as the sky, firm as a mountain, flexible as a tree in the wind. They do not chase after a goal and make the most of everything that life brings them. Lao-tzu Satish Kumar (*1936) is a peace and ecological activist and publicist. At the age of nine, he joined the order of Jain wandering monks and later…