True concern Rajesh Ji and well said Ushadi Ji, there are many a rituals and ceremonies which come as a death sentence to poor flowers and fruits, and twigs and leaves...they are sacrificed for gaining "prabhu kirpa".
Gurbani deals this matter in the following way: The gardener plucks the flowers and leaves.. But he hardly knows that each leaf is a deity.. The living flower is sacrificed for non-living piece of rock.. .. Brahma is the branch, Vishnu is the leaf and the flower is Shankar (Mahadev) He clearly plucks all these to serve whom... All these concerns are overruled when comes the religion, the beliefs and the age old rituals.. Still I feel, growing flowers for offering to Almighty is not bad, the really bad is destroying the flower bearing plants and other trees without exactly knowing their status... The thing which disturbs me (and almost every individual who cares for mother earth) is the uncontrolled plastic pollution of and around the sacred places. This requires participation from all our people...every body should strive to keep this earth habitable, till it's too late to rectify... -- Regards, Dr. Nidhan Singh Department of Botany I.B. (PG) College Panipat-132103 Haryana Ph.: 09416371227
