SREE NARAYANA GURU ON ENVIRONMENT

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

Man can’t care less these days. If the after-effects of man-made disasters were limited to human-kind, it would have been justifiable. Unfortunately, the birds and animals too suffer from the fall-outs. They are being denied their share of tranquillity. If human-kind were to perish in the petty rat-race, it would have been a boon to other species. Then only they can experience ‘shanti’ which is their birth-right.

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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