Bio-divinity and Bio-diversity in Hinduism
Hindu religious traditions teach that the Earth is sacred and that this has traditionally served to exert control over how people interact with the natural world. However, while the recognition of "bio-divinity" is a feature of Hinduism through out its ever practiced ancients religious traditions, this is to be distinguished from religious environmentalism which involves the conscious application of religious ideas to modern concerns about the global environment.
Hinduism is environmentally friendly are the product of an elite middle-class environmentalist ideology and hence of little relevance to the majority of Hindus since the vedic civilization started while Religious environmentalism is a post-materialist environmental philosophy that has emerged from the West and has its roots in the eighteenth century European "Romantic Movement."
However, the fact that discourses about sacred grove preservation have become common within discussions about the conservation of biodiversity in India might suggest that religious environmentalism does have a broader relevance. While religious institutions have, on the whole, paid little attention to environmental issues in India, one area where ecological causes have made an impact is within Hindu nationalist groups .
This paper concludes with a discussion of the similarities between the modern bio diversificifaction project idea and of the Hindu beleifs that turned a human being into a genuine follower of environmentalist as well as nature conservationist.
Each God & Goddess in Hinduism has a vehicle of his or her own specially from the living creation like animal or birds . Ordinary Hindus may consider these vehicles as mere animalsor birds of transportation and at the same time worship those creature with a devoted soul as a part and parcel of the God and Goddess. Actually they have a far deeper symbolism. Some of the vehicles of various Gods and Goddess are described below :
1.Ganapathi 1.Mouse
2.Adityas 2.Seven Horses
3.Agni 3.Ram
4.Indra 4.Elephant Airavath
5.Varuna 5.Seven Swans
6.Vayu 6.Thousands of Horses
7.Vishnu 7.Garuda, the eagle and
8.Yama 8.He-buffalo
9.Shiva 9.Nandi, the bull and snakes
10.Brahma 10.Hansa(swan) While Sitting on seven swans
11.Saraswati 11.Hansa
12.Kartick 12.Peacock
13.Lakshmi 13.Owl and lotus flower
14.Maheswar 14.Bull
15.Maa manasha 15.Cobra and snakes
16.Durga 16.Lion
17.Santoshi Maa 17.Tiger
18.Biswakarma 18.Rama
19.Hari 19.Garur Bird
Hindu religious traditions teach that the Earth is sacred and that this has traditionally served to exert control over how people interact with the natural world. However, while the recognition of "bio-divinity" is a feature of Hinduism through out its ever practiced ancients religious traditions, this is to be distinguished from religious environmentalism which involves the conscious application of religious ideas to modern concerns about the global environment.
Hinduism is environmentally friendly are the product of an elite middle-class environmentalist ideology and hence of little relevance to the majority of Hindus since the vedic civilization started while Religious environmentalism is a post-materialist environmental philosophy that has emerged from the West and has its roots in the eighteenth century European "Romantic Movement."
However, the fact that discourses about sacred grove preservation have become common within discussions about the conservation of biodiversity in India might suggest that religious environmentalism does have a broader relevance. While religious institutions have, on the whole, paid little attention to environmental issues in India, one area where ecological causes have made an impact is within Hindu nationalist groups .
This paper concludes with a discussion of the similarities between the modern bio diversificifaction project idea and of the Hindu beleifs that turned a human being into a genuine follower of environmentalist as well as nature conservationist.
Each God & Goddess in Hinduism has a vehicle of his or her own specially from the living creation like animal or birds . Ordinary Hindus may consider these vehicles as mere animalsor birds of transportation and at the same time worship those creature with a devoted soul as a part and parcel of the God and Goddess. Actually they have a far deeper symbolism. Some of the vehicles of various Gods and Goddess are described below :
1.Ganapathi 1.Mouse
2.Adityas 2.Seven Horses
3.Agni 3.Ram
4.Indra 4.Elephant Airavath
5.Varuna 5.Seven Swans
6.Vayu 6.Thousands of Horses
7.Vishnu 7.Garuda, the eagle and
8.Yama 8.He-buffalo
9.Shiva 9.Nandi, the bull and snakes
10.Brahma 10.Hansa(swan) While Sitting on seven swans
11.Saraswati 11.Hansa
12.Kartick 12.Peacock
13.Lakshmi 13.Owl and lotus flower
14.Maheswar 14.Bull
15.Maa manasha 15.Cobra and snakes
16.Durga 16.Lion
17.Santoshi Maa 17.Tiger
18.Biswakarma 18.Rama
19.Hari 19.Garur Bird
to be continued
edited by Biswamitra
