Soil, soul, society

Satish Kumar explains Eastern wisdom to the West. He essentially says that caring for the environment (soil), striving for personal harmony (soul), and promoting human values (society) represent the three essential moral pillars of our time. The book Soil, Soul, Society demonstrates that this holistic approach to life originates from the ancient philosophy of the Indian traditions of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism, which were revived for us by Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore. Their ideas were subsequently brought to the West by E. F. Schumacher in his book Small Is Beautiful.

To build a new sustainable future, we must reform education. The essence of this transformation should be to abandon the old “three Rs” of “reading, writing, and arithmetic” and focus on the new trinity of “head, heart, and hands”. Soil, Soul, Society is a practical guide on how to create space for a radical yet compassionate transformation of our thinking and way of life.