Long Pilgrimage: The Life And Teaching Of The Shivapuri Baba
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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At the intersection of mysticism and human endurance stands the Shivapuri Baba, a figure whose extraordinary life spanned nearly two centuries and whose teachings continue to resonate with seekers of spiritual truth. Long Pilgrimage chronicles the remarkable journey of this Indian sage — born in 1826 and living to the age of 137 — whose path took him on a literal circumambulation of the globe, an odyssey that became the outward expression of an inward quest for enlightened living. John G. Bennett, drawing on personal encounters with the Shivapuri Baba in his final years in Nepal, presents a vivid and intimate portrait of a man who distilled the essence of disciplined, purposeful existence into a teaching he called Right Life. Bennett, a distinguished philosopher and authority on the works of G.I. Gurdjieff, brings to this biography the rigorous intellectual depth and spiritual sensitivity that defined his life's work. Long Pilgrimage argues that the Shivapuri Baba's philosophy — rooted in duty to God, society, and the self — is not the relic of an ancient tradition but a prescient guide for modern life. The narrative weaves together biography, philosophy, and spiritual testimony in a way that leaves the reader asking one quietly urgent question: what might it mean to truly live a right life?
Author: John G. Bennett
Format: Paperback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the intersection of mysticism and human endurance stands the Shivapuri Baba, a figure whose extraordinary life spanned nearly two centuries and whose teachings continue to resonate with seekers of spiritual truth. Long Pilgrimage chronicles the remarkable journey of this Indian sage — born in 1826 and living to the age of 137 — whose path took him on a literal circumambulation of the globe, an odyssey that became the outward expression of an inward quest for enlightened living. John G. Bennett, drawing on personal encounters with the Shivapuri Baba in his final years in Nepal, presents a vivid and intimate portrait of a man who distilled the essence of disciplined, purposeful existence into a teaching he called Right Life. Bennett, a distinguished philosopher and authority on the works of G.I. Gurdjieff, brings to this biography the rigorous intellectual depth and spiritual sensitivity that defined his life's work. Long Pilgrimage argues that the Shivapuri Baba's philosophy — rooted in duty to God, society, and the self — is not the relic of an ancient tradition but a prescient guide for modern life. The narrative weaves together biography, philosophy, and spiritual testimony in a way that leaves the reader asking one quietly urgent question: what might it mean to truly live a right life?