The worship of mother Nature 'Prakriti' -Bhakti in Vedanta!!!! ....

[Guest guest]

Adiji!

 

Your post 24542.

 

I am sure you very well know that I didn't mean our Vedic sages when

I used the term 'primitive man'. It only referred to our

anthropological antiquity - the Stone Age or before - and has nothing

to do with the ancient wisdom of India.

 

Thanks for the informative quotes.

 

PraNAms.

 

Madathil Nair

[Guest guest]

Nair-ji!

 

Greetings!

 

Of Course, i knew you did not mean our vedic seers and their wisdom

when you mentioned the 'primitive' man and his WORSHIP of Nature AND

its elements out of 'FEAR'...

 

i was just trying to reinforce the fact that the 'primitive' man

worshipped not only our of Fear but also out of Reverance and

Gratitude. Secondly, the so called 'primitive or cave man is wiser

than the 'machine' age Man who out of ignorance and arrogance is

slowly and systematically destroying Nature and its environment by

POLLUTION and its attendent evils.

 

The present day industrialized man ( as opposed to his counterpart

the Stone age man)Looks upon Mother Nature as an object of

exploitation ...

 

Our vedic texts celebrate the eternal bond between Man and Mother

Nature - a bond that is to be cherished and celeberated - the Vedic

man offered prayers , performed Yagnas witha view to honor this

eternal link between Man and his environment!

 

Author Madhu Khanna states

 

The unequivocal claim of the Vedas is that the eternal bond between

man and nature is nourished by the law of universal harmony (Rta),

truth (Satya) and prayers:

 

Truth, unyielding cosmic order, consecration,

 

Ardour and Prayer and Holy Ritual

 

Uphold the Earth, May she the ruling Mistress

 

of what has been and what will come to be,

 

for us spread wide a limitless domain.

 

[Atharva Veda, 12.1.1]

 

Nair-ji, i know you love poetry and soulful poetry , at that !

 

Here is one from Rabindranath Tagore ....

 

In the world's audience hall, the

simple blade of grass sits on the same

carpet with the sunbeam and the

stars of midnight.

Thus my songs share their seats in

the heart of the world with the music

of the clouds and forests.

But, you man of riches, your wealth

has no part in the simple grandeur of

the sun's glad gold and the mellow

gleam of the musing moon.

The blessing of the all-embracing

sky is not shed upon it.

And when death appears, it pales

and withers and crumbles into dust.

 

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Yes, dear all! what is the use of 'progress' if by Progress we mean

the slow and systematic destruction of 'Nature ' -the environment and

ecology !

 

love and regards