Sri Sri Ravi Shankar embodies the spiritual life in both stillness and in action. He seamlessly fulfills his traditional role as spiritual guru (with ashrams and students around the world) and his contemporary role as globe-trotting humanitarian and grassroots activist. He is the founder and head of the Art of Living Foundation, the world's largest volunteer-based educational and humanitarian organization. A true blend of the old and the new, he holds a patent on an original form of yogic breathing exercise as well as an advanced degree in physics.

In the exotic ambience of the Art of Living Foundation's international headquarters in southern India, Sri Shankar and WIE founder Andrew Cohen speak together about the relationship between stillness and creativity, peace and disturbance, matter and spirit. As their conversation progresses, it expands to include the future of India as she enters the computer age, Sri Shankar's bold efforts to achieve a more peaceful world, and his students' grassroots activism in India's rural communities. Cohen's keenly directed questions elevate their dialogue, as the two spiritual teachers and activists seek to define what a liberated relationship to life really is. Their answer: one that sees no difference between a full engagement with the complexities of life and the higher spiritual goals and demands of enlightenment.

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