By Paul R Fleischman, MD

324 pages, 126mm x 201mm
Softback
Pariyatti Press, 2004
ISBN 81-928706-25-8

Basic Information:
Exploring the Psychology, Wisdom and Poetry of Gandhi et al.

Paul Fleischman, psychiatrist, author and long-time meditator writes about the psychology, wisdom and poetry of those who have inspired him in his personal quest for harmony and happiness.

The learnable qualities of peaceful living are brought into focus by examining the lives of diverse exemplars such as Mahatma Gandhi, Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau, the Buddha, John Muir, Scott and Helen Nearing, and Rabindranath Tagore. His ultimate example is an autobiographical account of his own experience with his practice of Vipassana.

The final chapter of the book is a compelling appeal to all people to walk the path of peace as a way of healing the earth itself. This new paperback edition includes a new introduction and a foreword by Professor William Radice, noted Tagore scholar and poet.

"We do not create inner peace. We discover it. It is in fact present and available," writes the author.