On Environment
Once a householder- disciple asked
Sree Narayana Guru,
“Swami, cremation or burial;
which is better? Kindly enlighten me.”
None! One should squeeze it in
a press and use the outcome as a manure”!
“Ayyayyo, Swami…”
“Why? You think the body would get hurt?”
This answer is a bit harsh; I
admit. However, it reflects Guru’s bias over rituals to environment. Kindly
observe his opinions on Environment. They are coming true verbatim!
People should be sensitized
about outcome of greed and self-centeredness. The two-legged animal is the
worst-affected. All other animals are far better. They don’t have never-ending desires.
Andria Maben, school kid from Mangalore |
wild fire done by Saanvi Varma -school kid |
Human-beings are on a
destructive run. Trees are being felled. The greenery is mutilated day by day.
Dirty, smoke-filled towns are coming up all over. The Earth is ravaged
mercilessly and its cohesiveness is lost. Just look around, you can see coal
and iron everywhere. Man seems to have
lost all self-restraint.
It’s difficult to manage two
things, sludge and waste. The air is all
stench. The human-habitat is more of a dumping ground. Is there a way-out? Even
animals harbour a better sense. But humans are truly grotesque.
A country, said to be
interested in the well-being of its citizens will stop a leper from committing
suicide. Poor fellow is already fed up with the sufferings and decides to put
an end. The authorities spring up on its feet and the leper is whisked away to
prevent the act. He is put in jail! All
in the name of humanity. Oddly enough, the same decision-makers will resolve in
favour of annihilating people for the sake of religion or social justice.
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