Someone, somewhere, needs to take courage to break the cycle of violence. Forgiveness is superior to justice. Being kind and compassionate to those who are good to you is easy. True forgiveness and compassion come only when one is able to forgive even those who have committed barbaric acts. If Angulimala is capable of renouncing violence, then tell me, your Majesty: is your civilized society also capable of being truly civilized and renouncing violence?

This further inspired their journey and became in part the reason for it. After explaining what they were doing one of the women gave them four tea bags one to be delivered to each of the leaders of the four nuclear powers and to also deliver a message “when you think you need to press the button stop for a minute and have a fresh cup of tea”. He lives a simple life in Hartland Devon with his partner June Mitchell and son Mukti Kumar Mitchell.

Now living in England Kumar is founder and Director of Programmes of the Schumacher College international centre for ecological studies and of The Small School. August 9 1936) is an Indian activist and editor. He insists that reverence for nature should be at the heart of every political and social debate.