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On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 10:29 AM Rajaram Krishnamurthy < [email protected]> wrote: > Rooted in Nature > > 1) From The American Institute of Vedic Studies: > > Hindu thought defines the Divine not just in human terms but also in terms > of nature. The Divine is not only the father, mother, brother, sister, lord > and friend, but also takes the form of sacred animals, plants, rocks, > planets and stars. Hindu temples contain not only human representations but > also deities with animal heads and animal bodies. They contain sacred > plants, flowers, rocks, fire and water as well. > > This sense of the Divine in all of nature is the reason why Hindus find > sacred places everywhere. The Hindus have sacred mountains and hills, > sacred rivers and lakes, sacred trees and groves, sacred flowers and > grasses. They can honor the Divine not only in the human form but in all > the forms of nature. This Hindu devotional attitude is not mere primitive > idolatry as the western religions would like to project. It is not a > worship of nature externally. It is a recognition of the Divine reality > within all things. > > Hindus honor all the forms of the Divine but also recognize the formless > Divine even beyond the Creator, extending to the Absolute. Vedanta teaches > us that this Absolute or Brahman is the being, self and soul of everything > animate and inanimate. It says our very Self is the entire universe and the > entire universe dwells within us. To honor nature is to honor ourselves. To > honor ourselves, one should honor all of nature. > > For the Hindus the Earth is sacred as the very manifestation of the Divine > Mother. She is Bhumi Devi, the Earth Goddess. One of the reasons that > Hindus honor cows is that the cow represents the energies and qualities of > the Earth, selfless caring, sharing and the providing of nourishment to all. > > Bhumi Devi, Divine Mother, Earth Goddess > > 2) From Sanskriti Magazine: > > The 330 million gods in Hinduism permeate the entire unlimited world of > nature (regardless of geographical frontiers), underlining its fundamental > doctrine that God exists in the heart of all beings. Hence, India has a vas > t network of holy shrines – seven holy rivers, seven holy mountains, > several sacred cities, sacred plants and trees – a pervasive divine > presence is what Hinduism emphasizes on across its religious texts, be it > Vedas, Upanishads, Puranas, Smriti, Bhagavad Gita, Ramayana or Mahabharata. > > The much adored Hindu deity Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita makes various > mentions of His oneness with Nature. For instance, the sloka 20 of Chapter > 10 reads, > > “I am the Self seated in the heart of all creatures. I am the beginning, > the middle and the very end of all beings. All beings have, therefore, to > be treated alike.” > > No other religion perhaps places as much emphasis on nature worship as > Hinduism. The philosophy is designed to inculcate a very strong > environmental conscience, rendering Hinduism a leading contender for being > the most environment-friendly religion in the world. > > The basic premise of the religion is that man co-exists with other forms > of beings in a system where everything is interdependent and flow of energy > is cyclic. It upholds the Earth as Divine Mother and all livings beings are > her “equal” offspring. > > 3) From Hindu Wisdom: > > Throughout the long history of India, Hindus have shared a fascination > with, and respect for, Nature and animals. > > This attitude went beyond usefulness. It had to do with reverence for all > of God's creation. Our ancestors worshipped trees, rivers, birds and stones > and connected to the universal principle through Shiva. As we are growing > more materialistic, we are losing this connection. Our ancestors saw Nature > as being a manifestation of God. There was, therefore, a gratitude towards > nature. > > The rishis of the past have always had a great respect for nature. Theirs > was not a superstitious primitive theology. They perceived that all > material manifestations are a shadow of the spiritual. The Bhagavad Gita > advises us not to try to change the environment, improve it, or wrestle > with it. If it seems hostile at times, tolerate it. Ecology is an inherent > part of a spiritual worldview in Hinduism. > > Hindu philosophy has always had a humane and dignified view of the > sacredness of all life, and that humans are but one link in the symbiotic > chain of life and consciousness. > > Hinduism contains numerous references to the worship of the divine in > nature in its Vedas, Upanishads, Puranas, Sutras, and its other sacred > texts. Millions of Hindus recite Sanskrit mantras daily to revere their > rivers, mountains, trees, animals, and the earth. > > K Rajaram IRS 21 2 24 > > On Tue, 20 Feb 2024 at 20:06, Markendeya Yeddanapudi < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> -- >> *Mar*From Economic Man into Robot >> >> >> >> Our Rishis strived to be part of nature, spent life to imbibe nature into >> their bodily systems, and induct nature into their hormonal, nervous, >> perception and understanding systems. They continuously exercised to expand >> the reach of their capacity to sense and perceive, by inducting and teaming >> up with nature. They strived to reach the horizon, by partnering and >> componenting in and as, the flora and the fauna. They empowered themselves >> by empowering nature or surrendering to nature. Their mission of life was >> to serve nature, to make nature more healthy. The symbiotic relation and >> interaction with nature was life for them. >> >> They not only achieved total control over their bodies, but extended >> their capacity to actually feel and control nature in symbiosis. Nature as >> a single organism made the Rishi its limb. Living in free and healthy >> nature made the Rishi the Macro person. They did not need huge vocabularies >> as the words they used expanded in meaning. The meaning identification of >> every word enlarged. Words became the flow of meanings, which became tunes >> and musics. Actually from the state of the space-less pure time to >> space-time of ‘when and where address or word’, the meaning reach of the >> word expanded continuously. Meanings were musics, with new tunes and new >> feelings. >> >> Actually every new birth of every organism is an addition to the flow of >> meanings as feelings. Because, every organism inhaled messages and exhaled >> responses. Pure time when it becomes the space-time becomes the fountain of >> new musics of meanings as feelings. Life was a voyage in feelings and >> meanings. It was not economic life as the machine, the economic man with no >> feelings and relation to nature and ecology. >> >> The disaster or catastrophe, started with the dictum of Rene Descartes, >> who said that every life form excepting the human is just an emotions-less >> and feelings-less machine. That total perversion of the Biosphere into >> collections of feelings-less and emotions-less machines, and the study of >> every life form as a model of mechanical engineering, totally ignoring its >> feelings and emotions and its role in the flow of nature’s emotional >> symbiosis is the ultimate catastrophe mis-meaned as scientific advancement >> to be viewed as progress. >> >> Every machine harms nature. But the air creates emotional symbiosis, not >> mathematical equations and mechanical engineering. But today science needs >> you to become a machine without feelings and emotions as they mean the >> contamination of the scientific or mechanical approach. So we have poisoned >> the air itself so that it no longer serves as medium of communication via >> smells and sounds. Our communication with every life form of the Biosphere >> has been cut, and indifferently and woodenly we ignore their feelings, >> pains and sufferings and put them to our economic use. >> >> Economic life means the destruction of nature as the routine and living >> of life. We have been using machines to do the work of our limbs, making >> the limbs redundant and semi frozen. We have been cyborging ourselves. >> >> The next fall into the abyss, is giving way totally to Robots, whose >> beginnings we are now seeing. We are killing nature and ourselves. After >> the advent of science and technology, the destruction of nature has been >> continuous. Nature stopped its creation of new mutations that create better >> life forms. The very processes of nature are killed. >> >> When we fill our lives with Robots to live every minute of our life, can >> we stop the culling of ourselves by Robots? When every single movement of >> every limb needs a machine, can we control the Robot? Can we even know what >> to control instead of drifting? >> >> Today we are culling every life form as economic activity. We evade >> feelings and emotions. Can we stop the takeover by the feelings-less Robots? >> >> As it is more than 50% of the forests are gone and their destruction is >> geometric. >> >> WE need Universities that dare and save nature. >> >> YM >> >> >> >> >> > -- *Mar* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CACDCHCJJAL7mjzMx4VZUE%3DNt2HXL6_0Me55RfxAGuG4mPM%2B2KQ%40mail.gmail.com.
