
Articles
A number of former pilgrims and journalists have written articles on their journeys with Buddhapath.
Below are some of them:
The Pilgrim's Life
By Anita Anand, October - 2023
I just returned from a pilgrimage.
A pilgrimage, according to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, is a journey undertaken for a religious motive, often linked with a specific place or a sacred event. The pilgrimage, In the Footsteps of the Buddha, was a journey to places significant in Buddha’s life, in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, in eastern India.
Walking Mountains
Vermont Zen Center Newsletter, July-August 2023
Oh, the long days and short nights of mid summer, and the temptation
to nap. And yet, there is so much going on at the Center. Vegetable and
flower gardens alike flourish, but so do the weeds. It might look like no one
is there among all the green, but then here and there a head pokes up, a
wheelbarrow inches forward. Laughter rings across the landscape.
Drew Barrymore visit to India in late 2010
Following a visit to India in late 2010, where Drew Barrymore spent time with Shantum, she wrote a chapter in her book “Wildflower”. She also spoke about her trip to India on the David Letterman show where she refers to Shantum around the 4 minute point and describes him as an ‘incredible teacher’.

Field Notes From Author Perry Garfinkel - An article in National Geographic
I never join tour groups, but “In the Footsteps of the Buddha” turned out to be the best introduction to the Buddha’s life, to India’s sacred Buddhist pilgrimage sites, and to group leader Shantum Seth. Born to a prominent Hindu family, Shantum was disenchanted with his family religion. Ironically, to discover Buddhism he had to go West to California, where he met Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat Hahn, who is still his teacher.
'Easing the Inward Journey, With Modern Amenities' by Perry Garfinkel
An article in The New York Times (December 24, 2006)
… Shantum Seth, who leads a journey in India called “In the Footsteps of the Buddha,” said that three people signed up for his first 15-day tour in 1988. Now 20 to 25 people sign up for each of three tours he leads a year…
"Friends, We Have Arrived: An Inter-faith Journey Through India"
By Richard 'Aryeh' Nanas, LCSW (Mindfulness Based Psychotherapy)
Its still unclear to me whether the group of people that traveled throughout India with Shantum Seth were the most passive individuals that could be assembled to travel together, or whether we were near-Boddhisatvas living in the minute and continually feeling filled by the present moment and the constant visual, auditory and tactile stimulation of the journey. In any case, this was a group that could sit for hours on buses in strange, unfamiliar areas rarely asking where we were or where we were going. This happened, day in and day out, throughout the interfaith journey organized by Shantum. When the bus stopped, after hours of travel, the travelers rarely got up until Shantum announced, “Friends, we have arrived!” It truly was a magical mystical journey.